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
Iphigenia at Aulis
Chiswick: Charles Whittingham & Co., 1909.
Thomas Wentworth Speaks before His Execution (1701)
from: Ludolff, Hiob. Allgemeine Schau-Bühne der Welt, oder: Beschreibung der vornehmsten Welt-Geschichte. Deel II, Frankfurt am Main, Johann David Zunnern, 1701, vol. 2, p. 905
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Karel Stuard Koning van Groot Brittanien. Binnen Londen Onthalst den 13 van Januari 1649 (1698)
from: Bos, Lambert van den. Treur-toonneel der doorluchtige mannen, of Op- en Ondergang der grooten, vertoont in rampzalige geschienissen van Keyzers, Koningen, Prinsen, Vorsten, en andere voorname personagien. Beginnende met het Roomsche Keizerryk, en vervolgende tot aan 't jaar 1698. Uit menigte van schryvers, en verscheidene taalen, by een gebracht door Lambert van den Bosch. Tweede deel, bevattende de derde en vierde afdeeling, Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1698, vol. 2, p. 404.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Zum Bedeutungswandel der Begriffe des Opfers und des Opfertodes im 20. Jahrhundert
in: Nachleben der Religionen. Kulturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zur Dialektik der Säkularisierung, pp. 225–235
Leiden: Brill, 2011.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
The Sacrifice of Atilius Regulus [1800]
Museo Civico, Ala Ponzone, Cremona
Sovereignty and Social Reform in India: British Colonialism and the Campaign Against Sati, 1830–60
Abingdon: Routledge, 2010.
Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India
Delhi: Kali for Women, 1989.
King Charles the Martyr (1649)
from: Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, [London], s.n., 1548 [1649], Frontispiece
British Museum, London
Saint Simon of Trent holding the flag and a shield; standing on the body of a male figure; in a border with flowers on black ground; illustration to Ubertino Pusculino, 'Duo libri Symonidos de Judaeorum perfidia', Augsburg: Johan Ottmar, 1511 (1511)
from: Ubertino Pusculino, 'Duo libri Symonidos de Judaeorum perfidia', Augsburg: Johan Ottmar, 1511
British Museum
Purported Martyrdom of Simon of Trent (1505-1515)
Museo Diocesano Tridentino, Trento - Tridentine Diocesan Museum, Trent
Crucifixion or Apocalypse? Refiguring the Eikon Basilike
in: Religion, Literature, and Politics in Post-Reformation England, 1540-1688, pp. 138-160
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Sacrifice of a Lamb by Four Men (1630(?))
from: Luther, Martin. Biblia das ist Die gantze Holy Scriptures Durch D. Martin Luther verutscht Strasbourg, Zetzner, [1630], Frontispiece
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Tragic Heroine as 'comoditie': Iphigenia by Lady Jane Lumley and The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche
in: Vides, v. 3 (2015), issue : pp.213-227.
Defensio secunda pro populo anglicano: contra infamem libellum anonymum, cujus titulus, Regii sanguinis clamor adversus parricidas anglicanos. Accessit Alexandri Mori ecclesiastae, Sacrarumque Litterarum professoris fides publica, contra calumnias Ioannis Miltoni scurrae
Den Haag: Adriaan Vlacq, 1654.