Topic: 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
During the transformative period of the 16th to 18th centuries, the notion of the State evolved into a nearly mystical entity, perceived as immortal and worthy of the ultimate sacrifice. This section delves into the complex interplay between sovereignty, resistance, and sacrifice, a theme explored by early proponents of political tolerance. It also examines revolutionary acts and regicide, viewed through the lens of sacrificial rites. This section includes early modern printed and iconographic sources, along with a comprehensive bibliography from the 19th to 21st centuries, providing a historical and modern perspective on this complex theme
Il est glorieux de mourir pour sa patrie (1795)
Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Iphigenia Treur-Spel
Amsterdam: Nicolaas Biestkens, 1617.
Charles Stuart. That Man of Blood
in: Journal of British Studies, v. 16 (1977), issue 2: pp.41-61.
Ad librum Hugonis Grotii, quem de Satisfactione Christi adversus Faustum Socinum Senensem scriptis, Responsio Iohannis Crellii Franci Ecclesiae Racoviensis Ministri
Raków: Typis Sternacianis, 1623.
A king sacrifices an animal in front of the statue of Thor (1639)
RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis
Simone da Trento
in: Dizionario biografico degli italiani, pp. -
: , 2018.
Martyrdom of St. John of Nepomuk (ca 1750)
National Museum,Warsaw
Ancora su Hinderbach e la “sua” creazione iconografica, con la riscoperta del ciclo simoniniano di S. Maria della Misericordia di Trento
in: Il Simonino. Geografia di un culto.Con saggi di Diego Quaglioni e Laura Dal Prà , pp. 17-52
Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, 2012.
Self-sacrifice: from the Act of Violence to the Passion of Love
in: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, v. (2010), issue 68/1-3: pp.77-94.
Brutus Sons Corps (1789)
Museée du Louvre, Paris
Oath of the Horatii (1784)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Rites of Violence: Religious Riot in Sixteenth-Century France
in: Past & Present, v. 59 (1973), issue : pp.51-91.
La Gloire et l'Effroi. Sept morts sous la Terreur
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1997.
Iphygénie en Tauride
in: Revue d'Histoire Littéraire de la France, v. 17 (1910), issue 3: pp.581-611.