Topic: 6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16th-18th century) – Image Gallery
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 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 the Nlessed Martyr Thomas Tomkins (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 51
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Martyrdom of the Roermond Carthusians (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Johannes Rogestus Mart. (1620)
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
The Martyrdom of Four Monks at the Roermond Charterhouse (1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
El Beato John Houghton (17th Century)
Museo de Bellas Artes de Cádiz. Cádiz
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
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
Burning of Algerius. Rome, 1557 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 189
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Johan Knel of Buchner, en Anna Cantiana. 1550 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 99
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Death of the King (18th Century)
British Museum, London
Prison and Death of the Ten Members of the London Charterhouse (1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
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
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
Ellert Jansz met 5 medebroederen en Zuster: Verbrandt (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 136
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Anglia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 79
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
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
Simon den Kramer, Anno 1553. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 149
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
Drowning of Heinrich Sumer and Jakob Mandel (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 750
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Burning of 18 Persons in Salzburg, 1528 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 17
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
Martyr's Memorial, Oxford (19th Century)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Execution of Three Carthusian Martyrs in 1535 (1555)
from: Horibilis Damnatio Praeclarissimi Doctoris Apvd Parisios Et Salvberrima Cartvsianae Vinae Origo, Rome, P. P. Palumbo
The British Library, London
Nine Carthusian Martyrs Die of Starvation (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
Horrenda inhumanitatis à Geusijs Belgicis peracta. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 63
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 37
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Thomas Crammerus (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Certaine Bishops Talking with Maister Bradford in Prison. (16th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Thomas Cottamus Angl. Londini pro Fide Cat. sospensus gladioque sectus. 9 Iul. 1582. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
The Martyrdome of Thomas Benbridge, Anno 1558 July 19. (1583)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Burning of Jan Durps (Bosch). Maastricht, 1559 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 259
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Burning of Thomas Wats, Martyr. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Emblematic print referring to the execution of Charles I and the Stuart succession (1715)
British Museum, London
The Martyrdom of the Priors of the English Charterhouses of London, Nottingham and Axholme (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
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
Hendrik Pruyt, Anno 1574 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 691
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
Execution of Quakers (1661)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Den Koningh Ian Bokelsz. sit op sijn Throon hoovaerdigh. Drie mael ter week, doch is deplaets niet waerdigh. (1660)
from: Hortensius, L. Oproeren der Wederdoperen, geschiet tot Amsterdam, Munster en in Groeningerlandt, Samuel Imbrechts, Amsterdam, 1660, p. 63
Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Anglia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 77
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Henricus Zudphen (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 100
Biblotheek Rotterdam
The Martyrdom of Edmund Campion (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 33
Unknown
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
The Burning of Seven Martyrs at Canterbury. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Het tooneel der Enghelsche ellenden [1651]
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Met Verradersen hadde niemant medoogen, want men hoordese noyt beklagen, Haer hert wert hun uyt haer Lichaem getogen, en soo op baer moot geslagen. (1660)
from: Hortensius, L. Oproeren der Wederdoperen, geschiet tot Amsterdam, Munster en in Groeningerlandt, Samuel Imbrechts, Amsterdam, 1660, p. 135
Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam
Three Carthusian Martyrs (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
Johannes Mollius (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 295
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Capture of Hans van Overdam. Ghent, 1550 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 89
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of Three Carthusians at the London Charterhouse (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
The Execution of Charles I of England [1649]
Scottish National Gallery
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
The Order and Manner of Taking up ye Body of John Wycliffe, and Burning his Bones 41. Years After his Death. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Joris Wippe, Joostens soon, tot Dordrecht gedood. 1558 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 203
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
bottom left, Cranmer, Bishop Nicholas Ridley, and Bishop Hugh Latimer burning at the stake, with Queen Mary I and a monk observing from a balcony above (1682)
from: Engraved title-page to Gilbert Burnet, 'The Abridgment of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England' (London, Richard Chiswell, 1682)
London, British Museum
Bertrand de Blas (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 346
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
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
A broadside on Jesuit martyrs; with an engraving divided into 112 compartments with 102 images of the first martyrs from 1549 to 1608, one emblem showing an arm holding two anchors, and with engraved text by Petrus Ribadaneira (1608)
from: Effigies et Nomina Quorundam e Societate Iesu, Cologne, 1608
London, British Museum
Gerard Moyart, ende Pieter de Muelen, tot Pamele levendig verbrandt. (1659)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van. Historie der martelaren, 1659, fol. 457
Ghent University
The Martyrdom of St. Barbara (1785)
Narodni Muzej Srbije, Belgrade
The Description of the Burnyng of M. John Bradford Preacher, and John Leafe a Prentise (16th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
The Martyrdome of Master George Wisehart (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Carthusian Martyrs Drawn and Quartered (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
Beheading of Matthias Servaes von Ottenheim. Cologne, 1565 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 327
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Schismaticorum in Anglia Crudelitas. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 29
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Petrus Fliesteden / ende Adolf Clarenbach (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 122
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 49
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Charles I and Archbishop Laud Kneeling in Prayer (17th Century)
British Museum, London
Torture of Geleyn Conrelis. Breda, 1572 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 605
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of King Charles the 1st (?th Century)
British Museum, London
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Hibernia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 81
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 45
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Torture of Joost Joosten. Veere, 1560 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 283
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jesuits Hunt the Devout Believers (17th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Nicolaus Ridleius. Episcopus Londin. (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Stratford Martyrs Memorial (1879)
from: St. John's Church, Stratford (UK), Archive
Stratford Broadway, UK
The Burning and Martyrdome of Kerby. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
Beheading of Wolf Binder. Schärding, 1571 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 540
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Gerrit Hazepoot verbrand (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 178
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Konincklick memoriael (1649)
from: Eikon Basilike. Konincklick memoriael. War in het innerlijk gemoet van sijne H. Mojesteyt Carolus Stuart Koninck van Engelandt, Schotlandt en Yrlandt, naer 't leven afgebeeldt wordt. In sijne gevanckenis en lijdsaemheyt by hem selver in 't Engelsch beschreven; en in Nederduytsch vertaelt, Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1640, Frontispice.
British Museum, London
The Loyall Martyrology (1665)
from: Winstanley, William. The Loyall Martyrology, or Brief Catalogues and Characters of the Most Eminent Persons Who Suffered Their Conscience During the Last Times of Rebelion, Either by Death, Imprisonment, Banishment, or Sequestration; Together With Those Who Were Slain in the Kings Service. As Also, Dregs of Treacehry: With the Catalogue and Characters of Those Regicides Who Sat as Judges on Our Late Dread Soveraign of Ever Blessed Memory; With Others of That Gang, Most Eminent for Villany. For Encouragement to Virtue, and Determent from Vice, London, Thomas Mobb-Edward Thomas, 1665, Frontispiece
British Museum, London
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
D' klagende Koninck Carolus Stuart [1650]
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Bishops who suffer'd Martyrdom for the Protestant Faith; under the Persecution of Queen Mary I [1700]
National Portrait Gallery, London