![The execution of Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer at Oxford in 1555.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/scheiterhaufen-oxford-titel-300x225.jpg)
The Marian Exiles in Switzerland
After Queen Mary's accession to the throne in 1553, numerous Protestant reformers went into exile in Switzerland. These so-called "Marian exiles" later exerted a great influence on English politics and cultural life.
Ties between England and the old Swiss confederation
![Queen Mary I, by Hans Eworth, 1554.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/queen-mary-i-253x300.jpg)
![The international Reformation monument in Geneva. William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza and John Knox (from left to right).](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/reformations-denkmal_genf-300x217.jpg)
English Protestants in Swiss exile
![Allegory of the correct faith, 1685–1700.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/calvin-luther-dig-3784_lm-76931-300x237.jpg)
![Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard, circa 1573-1575.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/elizabeth-pelican-portrait-231x300.jpg)
An enduring legacy
![Reformation personalities. Unknown artist, circa 1683.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/the-reformation-224x300.jpg)
![Title page of a Geneva Bible, edition printed in Geneva in 1557.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/genfer-bibel-200x300.jpg)