Editor: Christopher Martinuzzi – Image Gallery
Henrick Zurphen tot Diethmaer van de Boeren wreede-lick om hals gebracht. (1659)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van. Historie der martelaren, 1659, fol. 51
Ghent University
Stratford Martyrs Memorial (1879)
from: St. John's Church, Stratford (UK), Archive
Stratford Broadway, UK
Johannes Pistorius aen een pael verbrandt, sijn borst openende op dat de Beul het bus-poederdaer op sounde stroyen. (1659)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van. Historie der martelaren, 1659, fol. 69
Ghent University
Edmund Campion, Martyr (1582)
from: A Particular Declaration or Testimony of the Undutifull and Traiterous Affection Borne Against her Maiestie by Edmond Campion Jesuite, London, Christopher Barker
British Museum, London
The Burning of 3 Godly Martyrs at Norwich, (viz.) William Seaman, Tho: Carman, and Tho: Hudson, Anno 1558, May 6. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Martyrdom of Edmund Campion (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 33
Unknown
Augustyn op een ladder gebonden en verbrant (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 176
Bodleian Library, Oxford
The Burning of William Flower at Westminster, ye 24 of April, Anno 1555 (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Thomas Bilney sijn vinger ettelicke maael in de keers stekende, omsijn vleesch alsoo in 't toekomende lijden tot den brandt te beteyden. (1659)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van. Historie der martelaren, 1659, fol. 77
Ghent University
The Martyrdom of John Forest, and Three Benedictine Abbots. (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 29
Unknown
Execution of Charles I (18th Century)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Torture of Geleyn Conrelis. Breda, 1572 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 605
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Schismaticorum in Anglia Crudelitas. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 27
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 39
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Tirannien Tegen de Gereformeerden in Vrankryk (1689)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Guililmus Tyndallus Martyr (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Joris Wippe, Joostens soon, tot Dordrecht gedood. 1558 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 203
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 51
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
El Beato John Houghton (17th Century)
Museo de Bellas Artes de Cádiz. Cádiz
Crudelitas in Catholicis. Mactandis (1585)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Descriptiones quaedam illius inhumanae et multiplicis persecutionis, quam in Anglia propter fidem sustinent catholice christiani, Rome, Franciscus Zannettus, 1584, p. 5
Unknown
Certaine Bishops Talking with Maister Bradford in Prison. (16th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Burning of Willem Jansz. Amsterdam, 1569 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 491
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Anglia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 85
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Michael Servetus Hispanicus de Aragonia (1609)
from: Michael Servetus een Spangiard. Amsterdam,1607
The University of Edinburgh
P. Alexander Briant, Soc. Iesu Londini pro fide Catholca suspensus et sectus. j, Decemb, 1581. (1608)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Execution of Jan Woutersz van Cuyckand of Adriaenken Jansdochter (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 567
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Twee jonge Maegdekens, ontrent Anno 1550. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 103
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A liuely Representation of the manner how his late Majesty was beheaded uppon the Scaffold Ian 30: 1648 [1649 - 1660]
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 45
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Martyrdom of the Carthusians of Bourg Fontaine (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Johannes Frythus ende Andreis Hewet ruggelings aen malkanderen door het vyer gemarteliseert, tot Londen. (1659)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van. Historie der martelaren, 1659, fol. 79
Ghent University
The Martyrdome of Ierome & his Two Companions. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Burning of Thomas Wats, Martyr. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Manner of Burning Anne Askew, Iohn Lacels, Iohn Adams, & Nicolas Beleman, with Certane of ye Counsell Sitting in Smithfield. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Quakers Misbehaviour and Execution (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Anglia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 71
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Nocturnae per Domos Inquisitiones. (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Descriptiones quaedam illius inhumanae et multiplicis persecutionis, quam in Anglia propter fidem sustinent catholice christiani, Rome, Franciscus Zannettus, 1584, p. 2
Unknown
Beheading of Matthias Servaes von Ottenheim. Cologne, 1565 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 327
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Henricus Zudphen (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 100
Biblotheek Rotterdam
Capture of Hans van Overdam. Ghent, 1550 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 89
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdome of Alexander Gouch, and Drivers wife. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Bishops who suffer'd Martyrdom for the Protestant Faith; under the Persecution of Queen Mary I [1700]
National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Morus quondam supremus totius Angliae cancellarius digniss (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 33
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Burning of Five Martyrs in Smithfield (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Martyrdome of Cicely Ormes at Norwich. An. 1557 September (1570)
from: Foxe, J., Book of Martyrs, ninth ed. 1684
Atla Digital Library
Johannes Rogestus Mart. (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Martyrdome of D. Robert Barnes, Tho: Garret and William Hierome, in Smithfield, Anno 1541. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
A Lamentable Spectacle of Three Women, with a Silly Infant Brasting Out of the Mothers Womb, Being First Taken Out of the Fire, and Cast Again, and so All Burned Together, in the Isle of Garnsey, 1556 July 18. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Carthusian Martyrs (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
Martyrdom of St. Philip of Jesus [17th Century]
Saint Anthony of Padua Convent, Puebla City, Mexico
Een Jongeling van 14 jaren met zyn 6 Broeders Onthoost (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 107
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Joris Wippe in een vat verdronken (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 198
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Apprehensiones. Catholicorum. (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Descriptiones quaedam illius inhumanae et multiplicis persecutionis, quam in Anglia propter fidem sustinent catholice christiani, Rome, Franciscus Zannettus, 1584, p. 1
Unknown
Hugo Latymerus Martir (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Petrus Wrichtus Anglus Soc. Iesu odio Sacerdoij Catholici suspensus, et membratim dissectus, in Anglia Londini. A. 1651. 29. Maij. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Nine Carthusian Martyrs Die of Starvation (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
Burning of David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselius. Ghent, 1554 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 161
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Three Panel Frontespiece: Anabaptist Murdering a Woman; Monstrous Representation of Anabaptism; Execution of Anabaptist Leaders in Münster (1702)
from: Corvinus, J. F. Anabaptisticum et enthusiasticum Pantheon, 1702, frontespiece
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
Horrenda inhumanitatis à Geusijs Belgicis peracta. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 61
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Men nypt lan Bokelsz. hier met gegloeyde rangen, En wortter Thooren van St. Lamberts uyt gehangen. (1660)
from: Hortensius, L. Oproeren der Wederdoperen, geschiet tot Amsterdam, Munster en in Groeningerlandt, Samuel Imbrechts, Amsterdam, 1660, p. 147
Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam
Hendrik Pruyt, Anno 1574 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 691
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
P. Franciscus Pagius Anglus Soc: IESU Londini in Anglia pro Fide Catholica Suspensus et sectus A. 1602. 29. April. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Mort héroïque de quelques pères de la Compagnie de Jésus dans la Nouvelle-France (1664)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Torture of Hans Bret. Antwerp, 1576 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 729
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 55
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Horrenda inhumanitatis à Geusijs Belgicis peracta. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 59
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 49
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Martyrdom of Father Isaac Jogues S.J. in Canada (17th Century)
Wellcome Collection, London
Pieter Pietersz Bekjen, om het getuygenis Jesu Christi, tot Amsterdam levendigh verbrandt, op den 26. Februarij, Anno 1569. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 385
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Execution of Harmen de Verwer and Five Other Anabaptist. Deventer, 1571 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 553
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A Description of Lollards Tower, where Mr. Richard Hunne was Murthered. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Met de voeten opwaerts ghelijck bonden, zijn sy aen een Galge gekņocht. Haer Capiteyn boven haer gebonden, soo werdt dar loon na't werck volbrocht. (1660)
from: Hortensius, L. Oproeren der Wederdoperen, geschiet tot Amsterdam, Munster en in Groeningerlandt, Samuel Imbrechts, Amsterdam, 1660, p. 133
Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 43
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Burning of Thirteen Persons at Stratford the Bowe neer London,Wherof the two Women Went in Among them to the Stake Untied. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Burning of Master Ierome of Prage. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital library
Maria van Monjou. 1552. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 131
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Execution of Carthusians in 1535 (1555)
from: Horibilis Damnatio Praeclarissimi Doctoris Apvd Parisios Et Salvberrima Cartvsianae Vinae Origo, Rome, P. P. Palumbo
The British Library, London
Maeyken Wens (met eenige van hare Medegenooten) om het getuygenisse Jesu Christi, tot Antwerpen verbrant. 1573. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 661
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of John Fisher, Thomas More, and Margarete Pole, Countess of Salisbury. (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 27
Unknown
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 35
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Maria van Beckum, en Ursel, haers Broeders Wijf. 1544 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 65
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Spanish Inquisition (1700)
from: Martyrs in Flames: or The History of Popery, London, Nath. Crouch, 1700
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Anglia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 73
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Martyrdome of Thomas Benbridge, Anno 1558 July 19. (1583)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Torture of Ursel. Maastricht, 1570 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 503
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Burning of Jan Durps (Bosch). Maastricht, 1559 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 259
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of Fathers John Rochester and James Walworth (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
P. Franciscus Pagius Anglus Soc: IESU Londini in Anglia pro Cath.ca Fide Suspensus et Sectus. 30. Apr. 1602. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
The Burning of Dr. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, in ye Towne Ditch at Oxford, With his Hand First Thrust Into ye Fire, Wherewith he Subscribed Before. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Burning of Leonhard Kayser. Scharding, 1527 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 10
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Execution of Carthusians in 1535 (1555)
from: Horibilis Damnatio Praeclarissimi Doctoris Apvd Parisios Et Salvberrima Cartvsianae Vinae Origo, Rome, P. P. Palumbo
The British Library, London
Schismaticorum in Anglia Crudelitas. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 25
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna






