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Reformation “Political Cartoons”

Explore the powerful messages conveyed through satirical drawings during the Reformation, depicting criticisms of the Catholic Church's practices and figures like the pope, cardinals, and Luther, revealing underlying hypocrisies and controversies surrounding indulgences and papal authority.

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Reformation “Political Cartoons”

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  1. Reformation “Political Cartoons” (Protestant and Catholic)

  2. 1) What is the message of this set of cartoons?

  3. 2) What is the message of this set of cartoons?

  4. “Seven Heads”

  5. The papacy's "seven heads" consist of pope, cardinals, bishops, and priests; the sign on the cross reads "for money, a sack full of indulgences"; and a devil is seen emerging from an indulgence chest.

  6. In the Catholic conception, Luther's seven heads show him by turn to be a hypocrite, a fanatic, and "Barabbas"--the thief who should have been crucified rather than Jesus.

  7. Philip II makes Holland safe for Catholicism:

  8. "Christ drives the money-changers out of the Temple" and "The Pope sells special favors".

  9. The sale of indulgences. On a pole, in the form of a cross, hangs the Papal authorization for the sale; on the ground lie scales; two sacks of coins show the profit.

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