Topic: 6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16th-18th century) – Image 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
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The Burning of William Flower at Westminster, ye 24 of April, Anno 1555 (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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The Martyrdome of Iohn Cardmaker, and Iohn Warne Upholster, Anno 1555 May 30. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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Drowning of Heinrich Sumer and Jakob Mandel (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 750
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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 Cruell Burning of Geroge Marsh, Martyr. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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Quakers Misbehaviour and Execution (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery
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
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The Martyrdom of Fathers John Rochester and James Walworth (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 35
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
The Martyrdom of St. Barbara (1785)
Narodni Muzej Srbije, Belgrade
Burning of Leonhard Kayser. Scharding, 1527 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 10
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
Torture of Geleyn Conrelis. Breda, 1572 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 605
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Burning and Martyrdome of Kerby. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Adolf Clarenbach (1992)
Kölner Rathaus, Cologne
The Burning of Seven Martyrs at Canterbury. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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The Burning of Richard Yeoman Minister at Norwich 1558 July 10. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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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
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
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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
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
P. Thomas Cottamus Angl. Londini pro Fide Cat. sospensus gladioque sectus. 9 Iul. 1582. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, 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
Gerrit Hazepoot verbrand (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 178
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Beheading of Wolf Binder. Schärding, 1571 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 540
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
Simon den Kramer, Anno 1553. (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 149
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Hugo Latymerus Martir (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Burning of Algerius. Rome, 1557 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 189
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Martyrdom of the Roermond Carthusians (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Horribilia scelera ab Huguenotis in Gallijs perpetrata. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 37
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Martyr's Memorial, Oxford (19th Century)
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
P. Alexander Briant, Soc. Iesu Londini pro fide Catholca suspensus et sectus. j, Decemb, 1581. (1608)
from: Unknown
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
Burning of Willem Jansz. Amsterdam, 1569 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 491
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
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
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
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
Capture of Hans van Overdam. Ghent, 1550 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 89
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Horrenda inhumanitatis à Geusijs Belgicis peracta. (1587)
from: Verstegan, R. Theatrum Crudelitatum haereticorum nostri temporis. 1587, p. 59
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Hieronimus van Praga (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 82
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
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
Beheading of Matthias Servaes von Ottenheim. Cologne, 1565 (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 327
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
Portrait of the Jesuit John Ogilvie, Martyr in Scotland in 1615. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Robertus Southuell, Soc. Iesu Londini pro Cath. fide suspensus et sectus. 3. mar. 1595. (1608)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Jaques d'Auchy in de Gevangenis Vermoort (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 201
Bodleian Library, Oxford
The Dissolution of the Monastries and the Execution of Three Benedictine Abbots (1539)
from: https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106122.html
The British Library, London
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
The Burning of Master Ierome of Prage. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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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
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
Georg Wranger derlyk gevangen Onthoost (1736)
from: Joost, B. 't merg van de historien de martelaren, Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1736, p. 336
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Hugh Latimer (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Petrus Fliesteden / ende Adolf Clarenbach (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 122
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
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
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
Hanging of Jan Smit from the Gallows (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 641
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Certaine Bishops Talking with Maister Bradford in Prison. (16th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
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
Het tooneel der Enghelsche ellenden [1651]
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
Burial alive of Anneke van den Hove (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 792
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. 77
Kaiserliche Koenigliche, Hofbibliothek, Vienna
Jan de Backer van Woerde (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 104
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Johannes Mollius (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 295
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
The Burning of Five Martyrs in Smithfield (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
D' klagende Koninck Carolus Stuart [1650]
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
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. Roi d'Angleterre décapité à Whitehall le 30e Janvier 1649 (1730)
from: Larrey, Isaac de. Geschiedenis van Engelandt, Schotlandt en Ierlandt; met een kort begrip der aanmerkelykste zaken, in andere ryken en staten voorgevallen. In het Fransch beschreven door den Heere De Larrey, Hof-en bezendings-raadt van zyne koninklyke majesteit van Pruissen. In het Nederduitsch uitgegeven, en uit de openbare gedenkschriften van Engelandt en de allernaauwkerigste oude en nieuwe schryvers merkelyk vermeerdert en verandert door Jan Lodewyk Schuer. Met heerlyke afbeeldselen en landkaarten versiert. Vieerde deel, Amsterdam, Joh. Covens en Corn. Mortier, 1730, vol. 4, p. 1
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
Jesuits Hunt the Devout Believers (17th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Racking of Edmund Campion (1584)
from: Cavalieri, G. B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea siue Sanctorum Martyrum, Rome, Bartholomaei Grassi, p. 31
Unknown
The Burning of Thomas Wats, Martyr. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
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
Hans Koch en Leonhard Meysler (1685)
from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 1
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Execution of Charles I [1680]
British Museum, 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
Michael Servetus Hispanicus de Aragonia (1609)
from: Michael Servetus een Spangiard. Amsterdam,1607
The University of Edinburgh
The Confession of Richard Brandon the Hangman [1649]
from: The Confession of Richard Brandon the Hangman (Upon His Death Bed) Concerning His Beheading His Late Majesty, Charles the First, King of Great Britain; and His Protestation and Vow Touching the Smae; the Manner how He Was Terrified in Conscience; the Apparitions and Visions Which Apeared Unto Him; the Great Judgement that Befell Him Three Dayes Before He Dy’d; and the Manner How He Was Carryed to White-Chappell Churchyard on Thursday Night Last, the Strange Actions That Happened Thereupon; With the Merry Conceits of the Crowne Cook and His Providing Mourning Cords for the Buriall, [London], s.n., [1649], Frontispice
British Library, London
The Royal Martyr King Charles the First (1735)
British Museum, London
Pio Cornelius Anglus Soc. Iesu novitius Dorcesta pro Catholica fide suspensus et sectus an. 1594. (18th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Three Carthusian Martyrs (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
The Execution of Charles I of England [1649]
Scottish National Gallery
Henricus Zudphen (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 100
Biblotheek Rotterdam
The Martyrdom of the Carthusians of Bourg Fontaine (1626 - 1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
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
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 Martyrdome of Ierome & his Two Companions. (1570)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
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