“For Pity and Piety: Images of Religious Persecution in the Dutch Republic”

Abstract of David de Boer's contribution to our forth-coming publication "Iconic Revolts": In 1655 a Savoyard army slaughtered around 1700 Protestant Waldensians in northern Italy. The event, which came to be known as the Piedmont Easter, would prove to be one of the most violent episodes of religious persecution after the wars of religion. News of the massacre shocked Protestants all around Europe and became a widely discussed topic in both public and private media. This article traces the t.