Editor: Christopher Martinuzzi – Image Gallery
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Anglia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 83
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Hanging of Jan Smit from the Gallows (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 641
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Mort héroïque de quelques pères de la Compagnie de Jésus dans la Nouvelle-France (1664)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Hugo Latymerus Martir (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Alexander Briant, Soc. Iesu Londini pro fide Catholca suspensus et sectus. j, Decemb, 1581. (1608)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Ioannes Ogilbeus Scotus Soc: IESU. pro Catholica Religione suspensus, et dissectus Glasci in Scotia. 10 Marty. A. 1615. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
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
Nine Carthusian Martyrs Die of Starvation (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
Johannes Rogestus Mart. (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Gerrit Hazepoot verbrand (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 178
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Burning of 18 Persons in Salzburg, 1528 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 17
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
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
Thomas Morus quondam supremus totius Angliae cancellarius digniss (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
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
Maria van Monjou. 1552. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 131
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Quakers Misbehaviour and Execution (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery
The Racking of Edmund Campion (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 31
Unknown
Ioannes Bradeford Mart. (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Torture and Martyrdom of Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalement (17th Century)
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Burning of Leonhard Bernkopff. Salzburg, 1542 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 63
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of the Roermond Carthusians (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
P. Robertus Southuell, Soc. Iesu Londini pro Cath. fide suspensus et sectus. 3. mar. 1595. (1608)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Burning of Joriaen Simonsz, Clement Dirksz, and Mary Joris. Haarlme, 1557 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 179
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
The Martyrdom of Four Monks at the Roermond Charterhouse (1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Beheading of Wolf Binder. Schärding, 1571 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 540
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 41
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Martyrdom of St. Philip of Jesus [17th Century]
Saint Anthony of Padua Convent, Puebla City, Mexico
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
Burning of Jan Durps (Bosch). Maastricht, 1559 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 259
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Executions in England of Members of the Venerable English College of Rome, and the English College at Douai and Rheims, 1582-1583. (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 35
Unknown
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
Novae Franciae Accurata Delineatio (Martyrdom of Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant) (1657)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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
Burning of Algerius. Rome, 1557 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 189
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Burning of Anneken (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 539
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Drowning of Lenaert Plovier, Janneken van Aken, and Maeyken de Hont. Antwerp, 1560 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 271
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
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
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
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 43
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
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
Certaine Bishops Talking with Maister Bradford in Prison. (16th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
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
Thomas Münzer. Stolbergensis pastor Alsted. Archifanaticus patronus et capitaneu seditiosorum rusticorum decollatus. (1702)
from: Corvinus, J. F. Anabaptisticum et enthusiasticum Pantheon, 1702, p. 12
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
The Burning of Richard Yeoman Minister at Norwich 1558 July 10. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Martyrdome of Iohn Cardmaker, and Iohn Warne Upholster, Anno 1555 May 30. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Schismaticorum in Anglia Crudelitas. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 25
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Burning of Hendrik Eemkens. Utrecht, 1562 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 295
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Three Godly Martyrs Burned in Smithfield, Anno 1558 March 28 (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
P. Edmundus Campianus, Robertus S'Herwinus, ende Alexander Briantus van de Societeijt Iesu worden te Londen voor het gheloof ghehanghen ende ghevierendeelt (17th Century)
from: Fleming Collection: Fleming's Granger (Vol. 1)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Cristiaen Langedul, Cornelis Claesz, Mattheus de Vik, en Hans Symonsz. 1567. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 345
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 33
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Johannes Mollius (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 295
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Tirannien Tegen de Gereformeerden in Vrankryk (1689)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Jan de Backer van Woerde (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 104
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Hendrik Pruyt, Anno 1574 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 691
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
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
Adolf Clarenbach (1992)
Kölner Rathaus, Cologne
Horrenda inhumanitatis à Geusijs Belgicis peracta. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 65
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The patient Martyrdome of a Poore Woman at Exeter, Being one Prests Wife. (1570)
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
Mattheus Mair. 1591 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 788
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Burning and Martyrdome of Kerby. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
P. Edmundus Campianus, et P. Alexander Briantus Angli S. I. pro Fide suspensi et secti Londini in Anglia A. 1581. 1. Decembris. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Johan Knel of Buchner, en Anna Cantiana. 1550 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 99
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Description of the Horrible Burning of Iohn Badby, and How he Was Used at his death. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
The Persecution of the English Catholic Laity and Priests (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 34
Unknown
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
The Martyrdome of Ierome & his Two Companions. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Martyr's Memorial, Oxford (19th Century)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
The Order and Manner of the Burning of the Constant Martyr of Christ, John Lambert. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Maria van Beckum, en Ursel, haers Broeders Wijf. 1544 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 65
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of Three Carthusians at the London Charterhouse (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
The Burning of Christopher Schoomaker. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Martyrdom of Cuthbert Mayne, Thomas Percy, Earl of Northhumberland, and others. (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 30
Unknown
The Burning of Five Martyrs in Smithfield (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
P. Thomas Cottamus Angl. Londini pro Fide Cat. sospensus gladioque sectus. 9 Iul. 1582. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Martyrologium Romanum Frontespiece (1586)
from: Baronio, C. Martyrologium Romanum ad novam kalendarii rationem, et ecclesiasticae historiae veritatem restitutum. Gregorii XIII. Accesserunt notationes Atque Tractatio de Martyrologio Romano. Frontespiece
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833)
National Gallery, London
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
Torture of Hans Bret. Antwerp, 1576 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 729
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Louwerens Jansz Nooddruft van Delft. 1577 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 747
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrs of Otranto [1640]
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