page_title: LGBT history in Belgium
section_title: 17th Century
hierarchical_section_title: LGBT history in Belgium / 17th Century
context_page_description: 1565 -- Jan Matsys paints Lot and His Daughters from the Book of Genesis. Genesis 18 and 19 describes Lot and his family's escape from fire and brimstone against Sodom and Gomorrah as punishment for homosexuality.
  June 28, 1578 -- Homosexual Monks are purged through execution in Ghent.
context_section_description: 1620 -- Jacob Jordaens paints "The Flight of Lot (biblical person) and his family from Sodom."
caption: Lot and his family flee from Sodom, by Jacob Jordaens.
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