Topic: 6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16th-18th century) – Image Gallery
Stratford Martyrs Memorial (1879)
from: St. John's Church, Stratford (UK), Archive
Stratford Broadway, UK
Basilika. The Works of Charles I (1662)
from: Basilika. The Works of King charles the Martyr: With a Collection of Declarations, Treaties, and Other Papers Concerning the Differences betwixt His Said Majesty and His Two Houses of Parliament, London, James Flesher, 1662, Frontispice
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
Thomas Crammerus (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Jesuits Hunt the Devout Believers (17th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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
Jan de Backer van Woerde (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 104
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Hanging of Jan Smit from the Gallows (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 641
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
Portrait of the Jesuit John Ogilvie, Martyr in Scotland in 1615. (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
Nine Carthusian Martyrs Die of Starvation (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
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
Spanish Inquisition (1700)
from: Martyrs in Flames: or The History of Popery, London, Nath. Crouch, 1700
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Cartoon on Oliver Cromwell (1653)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Beheading of Wolf Binder. Schärding, 1571 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 540
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Beheading of Hans Wiesel. Warthausen, 1571 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 561
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Persecutiones adversus Catholicos à Protestantibus Calvinistis excitae in Anglia. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 75
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Martyrdom of King Charles the 1st (?th Century)
British Museum, London
Burning of Jacob Dirks and his sons Adries Jacobsz and Hans Jacobsz. Antwerp, 1568 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 371
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 Martyrdome of Cicely Ormes at Norwich. An. 1557 September (1570)
from: Foxe, J., Book of Martyrs, ninth ed. 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
The Martyrdome of Thomas Benbridge, Anno 1558 July 19. (1583)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
Burning of Hendrik Eemkens. Utrecht, 1562 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 295
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdome of Alexander Gouch, and Drivers wife. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Guililmus Tyndallus Martyr (1620)
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
Certaine Bishops Talking with Maister Bradford in Prison. (16th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
The Martyrdome of Iohn Cardmaker, and Iohn Warne Upholster, Anno 1555 May 30. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
The Burning of Master Ierome of Prage. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital library
Gerard Moyart, ende Pieter de Muelen, tot Pamele levendig verbrandt. (1659)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van. Historie der martelaren, 1659, fol. 457
Ghent University
Pio Cornelius Anglus Soc. Iesu novitius Dorcesta pro Catholica fide suspensus et sectus an. 1594. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Hieronimus van Praga (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 82
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
A Description of Lollards Tower, where Mr. Richard Hunne was Murthered. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
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
Beheading of Matthias Servaes von Ottenheim. Cologne, 1565 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 327
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Joris Wippe, Joostens soon, tot Dordrecht gedood. 1558 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 203
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
P. Robertus Southuell, Soc. Iesu Londini pro Cath. fide suspensus et sectus. 3. mar. 1595. (1608)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Martyrdoms of the Bishops Ridley and Latimer, who Were Burnt Together in One Fire at Oxford. [1765]
Wellcome Collection, London
Schismaticorum in Anglia Crudelitas. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 27
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The martyrdom of Jan van Essen and Hendrik Voes (1563)
from: Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
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
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
(1651)
from: Samuel Clarke, A Generall Martyrologie (London, 1651)
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (?th Century)
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
Johannes Rogestus Mart. (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Abscheulichste Unehörte Execution, an wehland dem Durchleuchtig- und Grossmächtigsten Carl Stuart, König in Gross Britannien, Franctreich und Irrland vorgangen in Londen vor der Residents Whithall, Dienstag den 30 Janua: 9 Februa: Anno 1640. Nachmittag zwischen 2 und 3 uhren [1649]
National Portrait Galllery, London
The Description of the Burning of Mr. John Bradford Preacher, and John Leaf a Prentice. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Burning of Five Martyrs in Smithfield (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 37
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Burning and Martyrdome of Kerby. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Anneken Jans uyt den Briel, verdronken tot Rotterdam, met, en Beneffens Christina Michiel Barents van Leuven, op den 23. January, Anno 1539. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 143
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
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
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
Burning of Jan Durps (Bosch). Maastricht, 1559 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 259
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Martyrs Burnt (1700)
from: Martyrs in Flames: or The History of Popery, London, Nath. Crouch, 1700
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Petrus Fliesteden / ende Adolf Clarenbach (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 122
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Henricus Zudphen (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 100
Biblotheek Rotterdam
Hugh Latimer (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Carthusian Martyrs (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
The Cruell Handling of William Gardiner an English Merchant, in Portugall (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
Gerrit Hazepoot verbrand (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 178
Bodleian Library, Oxford
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833)
National Gallery, London
The Death of the King (18th Century)
British Museum, London
Karel Stuard Koning van Groot Brittanien. Binnen Londen Onthalst den 13 van Januari 1649 (1698)
from: Bos, Lambert van den. Treur-toonneel der doorluchtige mannen, of Op- en Ondergang der grooten, vertoont in rampzalige geschienissen van Keyzers, Koningen, Prinsen, Vorsten, en andere voorname personagien. Beginnende met het Roomsche Keizerryk, en vervolgende tot aan 't jaar 1698. Uit menigte van schryvers, en verscheidene taalen, by een gebracht door Lambert van den Bosch. Tweede deel, bevattende de derde en vierde afdeeling, Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1698, vol. 2, p. 404.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
P. Thomas Cottamus Angl. Londini pro Fide Cat. sospensus gladioque sectus. 9 Iul. 1582. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Renowned Jesuits: Georgius Fernandez. Gomezius Damrillus, Edumndus Campianus, Alexander Briant, Thomas Cottamus (1608)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 45
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Johannes Mollius (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 295
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
The Martyrdome of Master George Wisehart (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Tormenta in Carceribus Inflicta. (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. 3
Unknown
The Martyrdom of the Roermond Carthusians (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
The Bishops who suffer'd Martyrdom for the Protestant Faith; under the Persecution of Queen Mary I [1700]
National Portrait Gallery, London
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 51
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
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
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
Torture of Ursel. Maastricht, 1570 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 503
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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 Execution of Charles I of England [1649]
Scottish National Gallery
Het tooneel der Enghelsche ellenden [1651]
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Three Carthusian Martyrs (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
The Burning of Christopher Schoomaker. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Burning of Seven Martyrs at Canterbury. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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