The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians — van Braght's 1660 collection of the stories, testimonies and letters of Christian martyrs of the first seventeen centuries, in the 1886 English translation, with Jan Luyken's engravings.
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Contents
Fifteenth Century
1Fifteenth Century2An Account of the Holy Baptism in the Fifteenth Century3Touching the Articles of their Faith, Laid before Them by the Inquisition4Touching the Articles of Faith which John Huss Had Derived from the Writings…5Notice Concerning the Followers of John Huss6Further Observation Concerning the Misdeeds of the Followers of John Huss7That the Waldenses who Had Been United with Them, Called Taborites8That They Nevertheless Professed a Good Confession9Conclusion to the Fifteenth Century A10An Account of Those who Suf Fered in the Fifteenth Century11Of a Bloody Decree, A. D. 140112William Swinderby, Burnt for the Faith, A. D. 140113William Thorpe Put to Death and Burnt for the Faith, A. D. 140714Catharine of Thou, in Lorraine, A. D. 141715A Great Number of Christians Called Waldenses, A. D. 142116William White, Father Abraham of Cholchester, and John Waddon, A. D. 142817Copy of the Letter of King Henry Vi, to John Extor, and Jacolet Germaine18Confession of Faith of Said Three Martyrs19Account of the Imprisonment and Death of Said Martyrs20Special Account of William White21Margaret Backster, Imprisoned Until Death, or Put to Death in Prison, A. D. 143022Concerning the Accusations Brought Against This Woman, We Have Found the Fol23Very Many Christians Called Waldenses, A. D. 145724Stephen, an Elder of the Waldenses, A. D. 147125Severe Inquisition, Instituted by the Spaniards, A. D. 149226Touching the Inquisition Itself the Nature of the Same27Concerning the Places in which Those who Fell under the Power of The…28How the Inquisitors Delivered the So Called Heretics to the Secular Judges29How Those were Delivered who Seemingly Had Returned to the Roman Church30Conclusion of the Fifteenth Century