Historical Religious Conflicts

Dramatic scenes of religious persecution and conflict, including depictions of ancient Roman aggression and biblical martyrdom with a focus on violence and struggle.

Romans torch a German village and drive away its inhabitants Date: circa 1

The Torture of the Seven Sons of Solomonia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Krönungszug des König Friedrich I. von Preußen, der König mit seinem Gefolge, 18. Januar 1701 / Coronation procession of King Frederick I of Prussia, the king with his entourage, January 18, 1701, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

A woodcut engraving depicting Elisha watching Elijah being taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot while the children who mocked Elijah are destroyed by bears. Dated 16th century

Woodblock print depicting Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) Queen of England, in Parliament. Dated 16th Century

17th Century English poster showing Matthew Hopkins the sSelf-appointed Witchfinder General

This illustration shows a market in Goa, taken from Hugo Linschoten's "Navigation in the Orient," published in Frankfurt in 1599. Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611) a Dutchman born in Haarlem in 1563, traveled to Goa in 1583 as a clerk of the newly-appointed Portuguese Archbishop of Goa.

Natives Prepare a Feast by unknown artist

Engraving depicting Jupiter (or Jove) the supreme Roman God (Zeus of the Greeks), son of Saturn (Greek Cronus) who he is dethroning. Lord of heaven and bringer of light- in his right hand he is holding lightning. Dated 18th century

Relief from Khorsabad, the king gouging out a prisoner's eyes while a ring pulled through the lower lip prevents the head from being pulled back. Assy...

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, King Arthur and his Round Table, 14th Century

Confessors of the Greek Church, laymen and priests, ca 1400, Greece, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact dat...

Matrimonium A Latinis olim et romanis nondum, depicts marriage ceremonies in early Rome. The image shows certain parts of the wedding ceremony, historical Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an original from the 17th century, original date unknown, Europe

Henri Crowned in Paris

Daniel in the lion's den. Old Testament. Engraving.

A woodcut engraving depicting a physician examining a specimen of urine while the patient at the left of the picture is cured by the intervention of a saint. Dated 16th century

'Habits of Dagestan Tartars of Tarcu, on the borders of Persia', 1780. Artist: NC Goodnight.

The Roy | Carpenter The Roy | Charpenter of the nation (Extract from Lalmanach of Father G�rard) Joffre

The Abdis and Death, Wencslaus Hollar, After Hans Holbein (II), c. 1680 print Death pulls an abbess to her habit from the monastery. There is an hourglass for them on the ground. paper etching dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings. abbot - PP - abbess. hourglass

tradition carnival virgins pulling cart woodcut Holbein studio Germany 1532 private collection,

Freemasons meeting to welcome the masters, engraving. France, 18th century.

religion biblical scenes the Israelites at the Sinai dancing around the golden calf woodcut of Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff chronicle of Hartmann Schedel Nuremberg 1493,

The great flood from Arca Noe, (building the ark), by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). Published Amsterdam 1675. Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit, was a polymath and Jesuit. The Arca Noë was based on strict Catholic orthodoxy. In it, he describes the condition

South American Indians make fire, smoke tobacco. 16th cent. engraving.

Ancient Greeks offering sacrifice to the Gods. A Popular History of Greece, published 1887.

Funeral of the father of the country. part of the very detailed presentation of the funeral procession of Prince William 1, as on August 3, 1584 in Delft. engraved by Hendrik Goltzius .

Asia, Israel. Book of Jewish Customs 1729. Woodcut. Passover Ritual, searching for traces of Chametz (leaven).

Arrival of St Ursula in Cologne, from the Cronica von der hilligen Stadt Coellen, 1499, St Ursula of Cologne is said to have lived in the 4th century ...

Illustration depicting a fool being visited by 'death'. Dated 16th Century

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine. Engraving by A. Wierix III.

Pope Urban II (1042-1099) preaching at the Council of Clermont. It was convoked in November 1095 and triggered the First Crusade by declaring holy war (bellum sacrum) against the Muslims to liberate the Holy Land. Facsimile of an engraving from "Grand Voyage de Hierusalem", printed in Paris in 1522. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Funeral of John the Baptist; Life of John the Baptist; Vita b. Ioannis Baptistae Graphicè Descript (...). Four disciples of John the Baptist carry a stretcher with his body through prison. Two figures outside a grave in the distance. Under the show there is a two-person, Latin text with the description of the scene from Mar. 6.

Vintage antique illustration and line drawing or engraving of biblical Israelites attacking camp of Midianites under the lead of Gideon.From Biblische Geschichte des alten und neuen Testaments, Germany 1859.Judges 7.. Vintage Drawing of Biblical Story of Israelites Under the Lead of Gideon Are Attacking Camp of Midianites.

Image of the middle part of the front of the painted board with the charity works of the army pot of St. Jacob that used to be hung in the middle choir of the Jacobikerk in Utrecht.

James Nayler (Naylor) after two hours in Westminster pillory is whipped through the streets, his tongue is bored with a red-hot iron and he is branded 'B' for blasphemer. Date: 17 December 1656

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Historia duodecim prophetarum, Twelve prophets, Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah, The prophets Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah stand next to each other in a landscape. Elisha has a two-headed bird on his shoulder and stands next to Naaman, who, on Elisha's advice, is bathing in the Jordan. Jonah stands next to the fish, Obadiah has three loaves of bread and a jar in his hands. Explanations in Latin below the representation. The print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 212 mm, width 277 mm, Work conception, South Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Victims of Saint Vitus Dance go on pilgrimage to Echternach, Luxembourg. Date: 16th century

Hans Böhm or Hans Behem, timpanist of Niklashausen (born around 1458, died 19 July 1476), Pfeiferhannes, was a cattle herder, musician, preacher and initiator of the Niklashausen pilgrimage of 1476. Report on the timpanist of Niklashausen in the Schedelsche Weltchronik of 1493, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured

Arrival of St Ursula in Cologne, from the Cronica von der hilligen Stadt Coellen, 1499, St Ursula of Cologne is said to have lived in the 4th century AD, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Etching and type print by Augustin Hirschvogel from 1548 depicting Christ among the Jews, showing figures, interaction, and composition.

Anneken van den Hove buried in Brussels alive, 1597, 1619 - 1621 print The Mennonite wife Anneken van den Hove convicted and buried alive as a martyr in Brussels, 1597. Watch bystanders. Printed on the back with text in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving execution of heretic, e.g. by burning at the stake, 'auto-da-fé'. buried alive (violent death) Brussels

Funeral of Johannes de Boper, Jacob de Weert, After Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1600 print Four disciples of John the Baptist wear a stretcher with his body through prison. In the distance two figures dig outside a grave. Under the performance is a two -tone, Latin text with the description of the scene from Mar. 6. Antwerp paper engraving lamentation and burial of John the Baptist. (carrying a person on a) litter, stretcher

Digitally restored, Caricature on the dissolute life of the monks and nuns, Nuns bring the fat monk, who has overpopulated too much with a hand car to the doctor, copper engraving 1609, publication from the year 1882, Digitally improved:, Caricature on the dissolute life of the monks and nuns, Nuns bring the fat monk, who has overpopulated too much with a hand car to the doctor, copper engraving 1609, publication from the year 1882

Protestants in the Netherlands being executed for heresy during Duke of Alva's repressive rule (1567-73). Copperplate engraving.

Saint Hubert in adoration before a Cross carried by a stag by Albert Durer. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

The History of Witches and Wizards, 1720

Noah builds the ark, According to the biblical book of Genesis, Noah's ark was a buoyant box built by the patriarch Noah, 17th century illustration, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period

Gilded relief, Wat Mai temple, Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Goldsmiths of Paris carrying the Shrine of St Genevieve, 17th century. Corporation of the Goldsmiths carrying the Shrine of St Genevieve patron saint of Paris, France. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

The death of the Antichrist - 1493

A Puritan family at home Date: 1563

Noah's sons build the ark, According to the biblical book of Genesis, Noah's ark was a buoyant box built by the patriarch Noah, Illustration from 1626, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

Death comes for the incredulous woman from the dead dance or the dance of death, Basel 1843 / Death Commes for the Unbelieving Woman from the dead dance or the dance of death published Basel 1843, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record date not stated,

Engraving depicting the procession of domestics serving the cardinals. Dated 1574

A man sleeps between a bishop and a musician representing the present and the past. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.

Aaron. High Priest of the Israelites. Aaron throwing her stick, which became in serpent, in front of the Pharaoh. Exodus. Colored engraving.

Christ Bearing the Cross Northern French Painter French This painting is one of a number that formerly were attributed to the Valenciennes artist Simon Marmion (active by 1449, died 1489). Although numerous manuscipt illuminations by Marmion are known, there are no documented paintings. The Saint Bertin Altarpiece (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) has been assigned to Marmion on little more than circumstantial evidence. Among the finest of the paintings grouped around it are a Crucifixion in the John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and a Lamentation in the Robert Lehman Collection (1975.1.128) at the Metropolitan Museum. The present picture is markedly inferior to these in quality. It is closely related stylistically to a Christ before Caiaphas in the Johnson Collection and may be by the same hand.. Christ Bearing the Cross 436413

Woodblock engraving depicting a member of a tribe with horns and cloven feet, supposedly seen by Saint Anthony Abbas (Saint Anthony the Great). Saint Anthony Abbas (251-356) a Christian monk from Egypt. Dated 15th century

Queen Elizabeth I attending a parliamentary meeting, engraving, United Kingdom, 16th century.

Engraving depicting the seventh and eighth incarnations of Vishnu, a major male deity in Hinduism. Dated 19th Century

money finance interest and taxes taxman taking tax and tithe woodcut 15th century,

Historic drawing, traditional costumes of the judges and the Lord Chief Justice of England in the 17th century

A Chinese procession. Drawing by a Chinese artist.

Biblical Story, from the Life of Jesus Christ, Historical Steel Engraving from 1860

Antwerpen, Galle, Theodoor, Madrid, Mesa, Juan de, Antwerp, Collaert, Adriaen, Scenes from the life of Ignatius of Loyola, Vita beati patris Ignatii Loyolae, Funeral of Ignatius, verso bottom center - stamped, Three scenes from the life of Ignatius of Loyola. In the center the funeral of Loyola. A crowd gathers around the body. A woman touches the body of the Saint and is healed. In the upper right corner some angels make music above the grave of Ignatius. The print has Latin captions with references to the scenes in the print. The print is part of a fifteen-part series on the life of Ignatius of Loyola., print, prints, height 262 mm, width 364 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1610, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Spanish, 1583 - 1627, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1571 - 1633, publisher

Russian funeral service in a cemetery with priests officiating. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind," Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.

The devil attempts to seize a magician who had formed a pact with him but is prevented by a lay brother. After a miniature in the 13th century manuscript Chroniques de Saint-Denis. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Engraving depicting Philip II of France condemning disciples of the French theologian Amaury (Almaricus) to be burnt alive for heresy. Philip II of France (1165-1223) King of France and a member of the House of Capet. Dated 14th century

Ann Ekende Vlasteran burned alive in 1571 for the heresy of Anabaptism. From Mirror Martyrs, 1660. Anabaptists rejected infant baptism and practiced Believers or Credobaptism. Religion Christian Persecution Fire

Carrying the Cross / Gerung / 1530s

The Game and Poultry Market in Constance, early 15th century, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Tenochtitlan, human sacrifice on Templo Mayor by Theodore de Bry, engraving1591

The King of the Moluccas receives the Dutch, Indonesia, 17th Century.

Temple of native Virginians Date: circa 1580

Flagellants. At time of Black Death in Europe, sect went through streets scourging themselves in attempt to take sins of population on themselves and save them from God's wrath manifested in form of plague. Woodcut 1493

The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. Engraving.

A pilgrim, barefoot and carrying his beads, sets forth on his pilgrimage - illustration to Wynkyn de Worde's 'The Way to the Holy Lande', published in 1500 Date: 1500

The Hermit Evagrius, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Edward Kelly (Kelley) left (active 1575) English astrologer and alchemist with his assistant raising spirit in churchyard. Copperplate engraving c1790.

Religious satire showing a priest in a barrel preaching to a crowd of misfits and oddities, cows and chickens. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) from Human Passions Delineated, John Haywood, Manchester, 1773.

Jujaka's Wife, Amittada, is Attacked by Wives of Brahmins: Scene from Vessantara Jataka 19th-20th century Thailand. Jujaka's Wife, Amittada, is Attacked by Wives of Brahmins: Scene from Vessantara Jataka 38069

The ballad of the snail, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Brazilian slave trade. Engraving. Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: Johan George Heck.

Monks singing the Liturgy of the Hours; one monk doing penence. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1795.

Martin Luther as Vicar General of the Augustinian fraternity, vicar, room, monks, writing, desk, shelf, books, occupation, letter, door, 16th century, historical illustration c. 1860

Dance of death: death and the bishop. Etching attributed to J.-A. Chovin, 1720-1776, after the Basel dance of death.

About moose or wild sauce and their thirst. "From Olaus Magnus:" History of the Nordic peoples ". Nordic

Colored woodcut from 1507 by Johannes Otmar depicting the biblical figure Job (Hiob), showing him in scenes of suffering and piety.

The Book of Ruth. Wedding of Booz and Ruth. Colored engraving.

16th cent. woodcut. South American Tupinamba Indians. Cannobalism.

HISTORIA INDIAS NUEVA ESPAÑA - FOLIO 238 - SACRIFICIO HUMANO. Author: DIEGO DURAN DIEGO (1537-1588). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Aztecs of Mexico- A priest at Tenochtitlan plucks the heart from a still living victim Date: circa 1500

Woodcut depicting Jews of Cologne being burnt alive after being tortured. Dated 15th Century

An Aztec priest removes a man's heart in a ritual with an obsidian knife on a sacrificial stone and offers it to the god Huitzilopochtli. Several young acolytes hold down the victim. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Roger Bacon-English medieval monk, theologian and alchemist, holding scales/balance containing fire and water which weigh equally, 16th cent. engraving from Book of Alchemy.

Pilgrimage church, Dance of Death, painting from the 17th century

St. Brendan the Voyager Irish saint shown on his 7-year voyage Engraving

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