How many people died in the British Isles from religious persecution between 1532 and 1791?
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Great question that nobody seems to be answering... I suggest you read the book “ Imperiofobia y leyenda negra” by Elvira Roca Barea... There you will learn the facts, but I will already tell you that many thousand catholics were killed during that period, many more than those killed by the legendary Inquisition, ever... For your information, fake news is not a new thing, it has been around for centuries!
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Being new at this site, I can not reply yet directly to Mr. Bosteen's comment, so I have to write another answer: Most people would agree that citing the source is much better than just providing the numbers. "Imperiofobia y leyenda negra" is easily accessible in many bookstores and libraries (Only 11 euros as ebook, and worth every penny!). And calling Dr. Roca's assertions controversial... I guess that is a compliment for any non-mainstream historian.
Since I am writing this reply, I can easily add some numbers, as you requested (although I strongly recommend reading the book AND following the citations to the original works): In one entry it says: "The prosecutions of catholic heretics only during the Elizabethan-Era England caused almost 1000 deaths... not counting the Irish ones." In another entry it cites "Criminal procedures from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth Century" by James Stephen who estimated that in England about 264,000 people were condemned to death in 3 centuries [Obviously not all for religious reasons, but that gives you an idea of the upper number of general deaths in the period].
In any case, I recommend the book, especially the subsection on "Religious Prosecutions in England" which will provide you with events, figures, dates, and references. Such as 216 were condemned to death after the defeat of a catholic revolt (1536-1537), 284 protestants died due to repression during Mary I (1553-1558), then Elizabeth I (mentioned above), then during Charles II, not only catholics but other (quakers) were prosecuted, and so on. I believe it is very appropriate reading for the question posed!
Note: My own translations of the Spanish text, please excuse any errors or mistakes.
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It seems that accurate numbers are not known to historians or are difficult to assemble.
For example: according to Encyclopedia Britannica
altogether, some 600 Catholics died in the persecutions of the 16th and 17th centuries.
But doubtless there are many other estimates. It must also depend on your interpretation of what constitutes a death by religeous persecution - the number executed by order of the state or crown would surely be a lot less than the number who died from indirect effects of discriminatory laws.
To put this into perspective, Wikipedia's article on the St Bartholomew's day Massacre (killings of protestants in catholic France) says
Estimates of the number that perished in the massacres have varied from 2,000 by a Roman Catholic apologist to 70,000 by the contemporary Huguenot duc de Sully, who himself barely escaped death.
WIkipedia cites Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, Catholic Archbishop of Paris a century later as putting the number at 100,000. Wikipedia also says
Modern estimates for the number of dead across France vary widely, from 5,000 to 30,000.
So it is unsurprising that accurate figures for deaths attributable to religious persecution in Britain and Ireland over the 260 years you seek are at least as difficult to find as those in France over a few weeks?
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