The Bloody Theater, or Martyrs Mirror, in plain modern English: edited chapter for chapter from the 1886 translation, with every scripture reference and abbreviation spelled out so it can be read aloud. The unaltered 1886 text is on the shelf as Martyrs Mirror.
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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, in the Year 150010An Account of Those who Suffered in the Fifteenth Century11Of a Bloody Decree, in the Year 140112William Swinderby, Burnt for the Faith, in the Year 140113William Thorpe Put to Death and Burnt for the Faith, in the Year 140714Catharine of Thou, in Lorraine, in the Year 141715A Great Number of Christians Called Waldenses, in the Year 142116William White, Father Abraham of Cholchester, and John Waddon, in the Year 142817Copy of the Letter of King Henry the Sixth, 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, in the Year 143022Concerning the Accusations Brought Against This Woman, We Have Found the Following Account in Old Writers23Very Many Christians Called Waldenses, in the Year 145724Stephen, an Elder of the Waldenses, in the Year 147125Severe Inquisition, Instituted by the Spaniards, in the Year 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