Protestants Collection

Pilgrim Fathers Depart
102 Protestants (24 of them women) leave Plymouth for America in the Mayflower. Only 35 were Puritans. The phrase Pilgrim Fathers was first used in 1799

Siege of Londonderry
SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY A popular image depicting the successful defence of the city by the protestants against James II

Sawtre, Lollard, Burns
William Sawtre, priest of St Osyths church, London, is burnt for following the heretical views of Wyclif : he is considered to be the first Lollard martyr

Defenestration of Prague
THE DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE Bohemian protestants, angry when Catholics destroy two of their churches, throw royal officials from the palace windows

Defenestration of Prague
THE DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE Bohemian protestants, angry when Catholics destroy two of their churches, throw royal officials from the palace windows

Dragoons and Highlanders scattering the Rioters in Belfast. Accordingly, the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 78th Highlanders, accompanied by the Royal Antrim Rifles were marched to Durham Street

The martyrdom of Jan Hus, Czech religious leader, seized despite promise of safe conduct, and burnt for heresy. Date: 1415

PROTESTANTS HANG CAT
A cat is hanged by protestants in Cheapside, London, to symbolise the Roman Catholic church Date: 8 April 1554

PROTESTANTS ROASTED
Henri II orders Calvinist protestants to be hanged and burned, lowering them on ropes into the fire, pulling them up again, and so on, until they are well and truly roasted Date: 1558

HENRI III ASSASSINATED
Henri III, at odds not only with the Protestants but also with the Catholic League, is assassinated by a fanatical monk, Jacques Clement, at the instigation of the League. Date: 1 August 1589

PROTESTANT CONFIRMATION
A large group of Protestants are confirmed amid the splendour of Westminster Cathedral. Date: 1871

MEETING OF PROTESTANTS
Persecuted protestants meet secretly in the hills, Provence. Date: circa 1700

PROTESTANT CHILD TAKEN
Protestant children are abducted from their families and brought up as Catholics. Date: 1686

PROTESTANT PRISONERS
The Tour de Constance which served as a prison for protestants during the Cevennes Insurrection. Date: 1702

Protestants persecuted, France 1703
Protestant homes in France, where they might attempt to hold religious congregations, are attacked and burned. Date: 1703

The Diet of Spires, 19 April, 1529 (2nd Diet of Speyer). Engraving

Diet of Speyer
At the first Diet of Speyer, the protestants air their grievances and are granted freedom of worship, but these concessions will be withdrawn at the subsequent Diet in 1529

Frederick William I of Prussia (1688-1740). King of Prussia. Frederick William I as the patron protector of Protestants from Salzburg in 1732. Engraving by Johan Benjamin Bruhl

Catherine De Medicis
CATHERINE DE MEDICIS queen of Henri II of France, whom she persuaded to authorise the massacre of protestants on Saint Bartholomews eve. Date: 1519 - 1589

Protestants in Brazil
Brazil : the residents of a Protestant community founded by Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon are expelled, thanks to the slanders of the Roman Catholics Date: 1556

Protestants Drowned
Protestants are forced into the sea at Terawley by Catholics with spears and are drowned. Date: 1601

Louis Bourbon / Conde
LOUIS I de BOURBON 1st Prince de CONDE French Huguenot leader of the Protestants Date: 1530 - 1569

Prince Conde (Dupre)
LOUIS I de BOURBON 1st Prince de CONDE French Huguenot leader of the Protestants Date: 1530 - 1569

Emperor Carl V flees the Protestants
Emperor Carl V flees from the Protestants Date: circa 1547

Printing. Printmaker of etching. 1641. Engraving

EDWARD VI of England (1537-1553). King of England and Ireland (1547-1553). Engraving

WYCLIFFE, John (ca. 1330 - 1384). English theologian and reformer, founder of the Lollardy movement. Oil

Cardinal Rohan - 2
LOUIS RENE EDOUARD, prince and cardinal de ROHAN French churchman, a catholic though his ancestors had generally been protestants. Date: 1734 - 1803

Cardinal Rohan - 3
LOUIS RENE EDOUARD, prince and cardinal de ROHAN French churchman, a catholic though his ancestors had generally been protestants. Date: 1734 - 1803

Cardinal Rohan - 1
LOUIS RENE EDOUARD, prince and cardinal de ROHAN French churchman, a catholic though his ancestors had generally been protestants. Date: 1734 - 1803

Hercule Duc De Rohan
HERCULE de ROHAN, duc de Monbazon French statesman and a leader of the protestants against the catholic Holy League. Date: 1568 - 1654

Third Earl of Roden
ROBERT JOCELYN, third earl of RODEN - Irish peer, depicted pointing to the Petition of Protestants of Ireland. with his autograph Date: 1788 - 1870

Catherine Duchesse Guise
CATHERINE de CLEVES, duchesse de GUISE wife of Henri, troisieme duc (Le Balafre) Catholic leader against the protestants. Date: CIRCA 1570

Louis II De Guise
LOUIS II de Lorraine, cardinal de GUISE, archbishop of Reims, enemy of the protestants, brother of Henri 3me duc, assassinated at Blois the day after his brother, Date: 1555 - 1588

Belgium - Centenary of Quatre Glorieuses in 1930
Photographic Montage postcard centering on The Congress Column in Brussels, Belgium. The card commemoration the centenary of the Quatre Glorieuses - the 4 days of revolution which overthrew

LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546). German religious reformer. Engraving

Defenestration (Mucha)
DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE Bohemian protestants, angry when Catholics destroy two of their churches, throw royal officials from the palace windows Date: 23 May 1618

Bishop Bonners Cottages
Built c. 1502, these pargetted picturesque thatched cottages, in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, were once the home of BISHOP EDMUND BONNER, who cruelly persecuted Protestants Date: early 16th century

Wallenstein at Leipzig
Wallensteins army besieges Leipzig, held by the Protestants Date: 1632

St Bartholomew Massacre
Protestants are stabbed, shot, trampled and thrown from windows in a Paris street - just some of the 3000 murdered in Paris, and many more in other parts of the country Date: 24 August 1572

The Pluralist, aided by his patron
A satirical comment on the rise of religious pluralism in the mid 19th century

St Bartholomews Day
From the windows of the English ambassador, the English watch as French protestants are massacred by order of Catherine de Medicis and her son Charles IX

Religious Wars
A polite parley between the Catholic and Protestant generals precedes the battle of Moncontour, where Henri III will defeat Coligny and the protestants

France Beziers
General view of the town in south-west France, notorious for its massacre of protestants in 1209

Protestants Persecuted
Following the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, protestants are officially persecuted : troops disperse an assembly in Provence

Federation Strasbourg
Strasbourg celebrates the Revolution in grand style : a big show is made of reconcil- -ing Catholics & Protestants, and the tricouleur flies from the cathedral

Temple Destroyed
With the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted : their temple at Charenton is demolished

Dragonnades
After the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted in the infamous dragonnades

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