The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Cranach the Elder, Lucas

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Year: [1510]

From: Germnany

Location: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

External link: www.metmuseum.org

Keywords: GenderMartyrdomWomen

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Edited by: Chiara Petrolini

Sati Stone (18-19th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GenderHinduSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

González Velázquez, Zacarías

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter Pascual (detail) (19^th Century)

Sagrario Church, within the Cathedral of Jaén (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Muhammad `Ali Naqqash Mashhadi

Satī, from a Sūz u Gudāz manuscript. The union of the couple on the pyre (1657)

from: Sūz u Gudāz ms, Iran, Walters Manuscript W. 649, fol. 19b (Burning and Melting)

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: FireGenderIndiaIranIslamManuscriptMughalPersiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Cobb, L. Stephanie

Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts

New York: Columbia University Press, .

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GenderMartyrdomSelf-Sacrifice

Aziz, Nahid

What self-immolation means to Afghan women

in: Peace Review, v. 23 (2011), issue 1: pp.45-51.

Topics:
3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GenderIslamSelf-SacrificeTerrorismWomenWomen Martyrs

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