Pyrotechnica loyolana, ignatian fire-works; or, the fiery jesuits temper and behaviour

Much of the blame for the Great Fire London was put onto Catholics. London was a Protestant city and many people feared that Catholics in England would help foreign armies invade the country and force the population to convert to Catholicism. They saw the fire as a Catholic plot. Anti-Catholic books were written for many years. This book, 'Pyrotechnica loyolana, ignatian fire-works; or, the fiery jesuits temper and behaviour', printed in 1667, claims to be written by a 'Catholick-Christian' and blames the fire on Jesuits (a Catholic religious order). The first illustration in the book shows the Pope fanning the flames of London with a pair of bellows, and various scenes of conspirators with fire balls, including Robert Hubert (the innocent Frenchman hanged for starting the fire).