This is europe at its most intense. Religiosity writ there their most fervent. You have near universal catholicism in these countries, until the great schism with martin luther. There are enclaves of jews. There's actually islamic folks in some places. And there's a bunch of heretical christian sects that are being wiped out and persecuted. For those guilty of multiple offences, cumulative punishment could be applied if stipulated by court. In this way, lethal and non-lethal punishments were often combined so execution or mutilation was possible. This led to many forms of aggravated execution and public torture,. including burning alive, drawing first decapitation,