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
Thirteenth Century
1Thirteenth Century2An Account of the Holy Baptism in the Thirteenth Century3Of the True Baptism4Summary of the Martyrs in the Thirteenth Century5Account Proper of the Holy Martyrs6Remarks in Regard to the Distinction of the People Called Albigenses Or…7Demonstration of a Plain Distinction Between the Albigenses and Their…8One Hundred and Eighty Persons Called Albigenses9Sixty Persons Called Albigenses10About One Hundred Persons Called Albigenses, or Heretics11Fifty Persons Called Albigenses12Over Four Hundred Persons Called Induti, or Albigenses, A. D. 121113Commencement Proper of the History of the Martyrs of This Century Great…14A Man Burnt Alive, at London, A. D. 121015Twenty Four Persons Burnt Alive for the Belief of the Waldenses, A. D. 121016About One Hundred Persons Called Waldenses, A. D. 121217Cruel Mode of Inquisition over the Doctrine of the Waldenses, A. D. 121418The Preceding Inquisition Continued19The Manner in which These Trials were Commenced in the Netherlands20About Eighty Persons Called Waldenses, A. D. 121521Several Christians Burnt for the Faith, A. D. 121522Of Various Papal Statutes and Ordinances Instituted Against the Waldenses, A. D. 122923Severe Persecutions by the Inquisition in Germany, A. D. 123024Of the First Decree of Emperor Frederic Ii, A. D. 123025Of the Second Decree26Of the Third Decree of Emperor Frederic II Against the Afore Mentioned Persons, A. D. 123027Great Perecution in Germany of the Anabaptist Waldenses, A. D. 123128Nineteen Persons Called Waldenses, A. D. 123229Two Hundred and Twenty Four Persons, Called Waldenses, A. D. 124330Severe Inquisition of Believers in the Country Around Toulouse, A. D. 125131Continuation of the Preceding Inquisition in the Year 125232Of the Mandate of Pope Urban IV Against the Waldenses and Albigenses in…, A. D. 126233Severe Persecution of the Anabaptist Waldenses in France, A. D. 128034Continuation of the Preceding Persecution, A. D. 128335Further Spreading of the Aforesaid Persecution, A. D. 128436Gerard Sagarellus, Burnt in the City of Parma, A. D. 128537Herman, Andrew and Guillemette* Exhumed and Burnt, A. D. 1299