Topic: 6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16th-18th century) – Image Gallery
Mattheus Mair. 1591 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 788
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Schismaticorum in Anglia Crudelitas. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 29
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
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
Capture of Hans van Overdam. Ghent, 1550 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 89
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
P. Thomas Cottamus Angl. Londini pro Fide Cat. sospensus gladioque sectus. 9 Iul. 1582. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
The martyrdom of Jan van Essen and Hendrik Voes (1563)
from: Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
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
Emblematic print referring to the execution of Charles I and the Stuart succession (1715)
British Museum, 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
Johan Knel of Buchner, en Anna Cantiana. 1550 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 99
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Torture of Hans Bret. Antwerp, 1576 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 729
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Torture of Geleyn Conrelis. Breda, 1572 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 605
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Burial alive of Anneke van den Hove (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 792
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1592)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. Antwerp, A. Huberti, 1592, p. 53
Utah State University
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
Martyr's Memorial, Oxford (19th Century)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Martyrs Burnt (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. 75
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
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
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833)
National Gallery, London
Torture of Ursel. Maastricht, 1570 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 503
Rijksmuseum, 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
The woodcut on the title page of Dye histori depicts the martyrdom of Heinrich Voes and Johann van Esschen (1523). The image shows the two Augustinian monks tied to stakes amidst flames, symbolizing their execution by fire (1523)
from: Dye histori so zwen Augustiner Ordens gemartert seyn tzu Bruxel in Probant von wegen des Evangeli
The Cruell Burning of Geroge Marsh, Martyr. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Twee jonge Maegdekens, ontrent Anno 1550. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 103
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdome of Master George Wisehart (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
The Racking of Edmund Campion (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 31
Unknown
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 45
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
P. Robertus Southuell, Soc. Iesu Londini pro Cath. fide suspensus et sectus. 3. mar. 1595. (1608)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
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
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 37
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
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
Certaine Bishops Talking with Maister Bradford in Prison. (16th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Schismaticorum in Anglia Crudelitas. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 25
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 51
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Charles I and Archbishop Laud Kneeling in Prayer (17th Century)
British Museum, London
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
Burning of Jan Durps (Bosch). Maastricht, 1559 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 259
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
Nicolaus Ridleius. Episcopus Londin. (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Adolf Clarenbach (1992)
Kölner Rathaus, Cologne
Jesuits Hunt the Devout Believers (17th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Thomas Crammerus (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Execution of Charles I [1680]
British Museum, London
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
Burning of Algerius. Rome, 1557 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 189
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of the Carthusian Monks, of Richard Reynolds and John Hales. 1535 (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 28
Unknown
The Martyrdome of Thomas Benbridge, Anno 1558 July 19. (1583)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Simon den Kramer, Anno 1553. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 149
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
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
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
12 Christenen te Deventer gevangen (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 273
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Spanish Inquisition (1700)
from: Martyrs in Flames: or The History of Popery, London, Nath. Crouch, 1700
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Martyrdoms of the Bishops Ridley and Latimer, who Were Burnt Together in One Fire at Oxford. [1765]
Wellcome Collection, London
The Talke Betwene Maister Bradford, and Two Spanish Friers (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
The Burning of Master Ierome of Prage. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital library
El Beato John Houghton (17th Century)
Museo de Bellas Artes de Cádiz. Cádiz
The Martyrdom of the Priors of the English Charterhouses of London, Nottingham and Axholme (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
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 Cruell Handling of William Gardiner an English Merchant, in Portugall (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Torture of Joost Joosten. Veere, 1560 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 283
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
Hanging of Jan Smit from the Gallows (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 641
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
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
The Burning of Christopher Schoomaker. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Het tooneel der Enghelsche ellenden [1651]
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 43
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
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
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 patient Martyrdome of a Poore Woman at Exeter, Being one Prests Wife. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
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
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
Bertrand de Blas (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 346
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Prison and Death of the Ten Members of the London Charterhouse (1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Carthusian Martyrs Drawn and Quartered (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
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
King Charles the Martyr (1649)
from: Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, [London], s.n., 1548 [1649], Frontispiece
British Museum, London
Hans Koch en Leonhard Meysler (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 1
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 39
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Three Godly Martyrs Burned in Smithfield, Anno 1558 March 28 (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Horrenda inhumanitatis à Geusijs Belgicis peracta. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 59
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
Michael Servetus Hispanicus de Aragonia (1609)
from: Michael Servetus een Spangiard. Amsterdam,1607
The University of Edinburgh
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
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










