Conclusion
Abstract
Thieleman van Braught’s Bloody Theater of the Baptism-Minded and Defenseless Christians, also known as the Martyrs Mirror, appeared in print in 1660. It was a revolutionary achievement, drawing over a century’s worth of letters, songs, chronicles, and remembrances together to paint a picture of a unified movement of Christian suffering and triumph stretching back to biblical times. Van Braught’s martyrology appeared in a transitional period of Dutch Anabaptism, a period that coincided with significant economic and political changes in the Low Countries, spurred on by the independence movements of the Eighty Years’ War.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
Medieval Literature and History
Renaissance Literature and Culture
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 153–157
- Publication date
- 26 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter