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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Old Book of the Martyrs Mirror: 1520s
1Old Book of the Martyrs Mirror2Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians3Hans Koch and Leonhard Meister, Descendants of the Ancient Waldenses, A. D. 15244Prayer of Hans Koch and Leonhard Meister5Caspar Tauber, A. D. 15246Of a Certain Decree which Those of Zuerich Published Against the Anabaptists, A. D. 15257Felix Mantz, A. D. 15268George Wagner, A. D. 15279Melchior Vet10Michael Sattler, A. D. 152711Articles or Charges Against Michael Sattler12A Letter Written by Michael Sattler13Leonhard Keyser, A. D. 152714Further Observation Concerning the Death of Leonhard Keyser15Thomas 'hermann, and Sixty Seven Others, A. D. 152716Weynken, a Widow, Daughter of Claes, of Monickendam, A. D. 152717John Walen, with Two of his Fellow Breth Ren, A. D. 152718Leonhard Schoener, A. D. 152819Bans Schl)effer and Leonhard Prick20Leopold21Eighteen Persons Burned at Salzburg22Wolfgang Ulman, A. D. 152823Hans Pretle, A. D. 152824Little Hans of Stotzingen, A. D. 152825Thomas, Balthasar, and Dominicus, A. D. 152826Hans Feierer, with Five Brethren and Three Sisters, A. D. 152827Three Brethren and Two Sisters, A. D. 152828Nine Brethren and Three Sisters, A. D. 152829Vilgard and Caspar of Schoeneck30Six Persons at Basel, A. D. 152931Hans Langmantel with his Manservant and Maidservant, A. D. 152932George Blaurock, and Hans van der Reve, A. D. 152933Here Follows Another Consolatory Admonition Left by George Blaurock to His…34Vigil Plaitner, A. D. 152935Louis, and Two Others, A. D. 152936John Hut, A. D. 152937Wolfgang Brandhuber, Hans Niedermair, and Many Others, A. D. 152938Carius Prader, with Several Other Persons, A. D. 152939Seven Brethren, A. D. 152940Anna of Freiburg, A. D. 152941Daniel Kopf, with Two. Brethren and Four Sisters, A. D. 152942Four Brethren and Four Sisters43Anna Maler, and Ursula, A. D. 152944Nine Brethren, Several Sisters, and Another Sister, A. D. 152945Two Other Brethren, and Two Sisters, A. D. 152946About Three Hundred and Fifty Persons Put to Death for the Faith, Near Altzey, A. D. 152947Philip of Langenlonsheim, A. D. .152948George Bauman, A. D. 1529