Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note for the reader -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The pseudomartyr debate -- 2 'Spectaculum facti sumus Deo': The scaffold as text -- 3 'Spectaculum facti sumus Deo': The scaffold as image -- 4 Martyrs and murals -- 5 Theatrum crudelitatum: The theatre of cruelties -- 6 'A trewe reporte of the li[fe] and marterdome of Mrs. Margarete Clitherowe' -- 7 The treatise of three conversions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index