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
Sacrifice Between West and East: René Girard, Simone Weil, and Mahatma Gandhi on Violence and Nonviolence
in: Mimesis and Sacrifice: Applying Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines, pp. 37-50
London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Violence and Religion: Walter Burkert and René Girard in Comparison
in: Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture, v. 17 (2010), issue 1: pp.121-137.
Sacrifice in the Modern World On the Particularity and Generality of Nazi Myth
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2012.
Dr. Samuel Parker Lord Bishop of Oxford's Reasons for abrogating the test imposed upon all Members of Parliament. Anno 1678. Octob. 30 : In these words: I A.B. do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testifie, and declare, that I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, at, or after the consecration thereof by any persons whatsoever; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous. First written for the author's own satisfaction; and now published for the benefit of all others whom it may concern
[Edinburgh]: Holy Rood House, 1688.
Sacrifice of Iphigenia [1602 - 1607]
from: Salsmann, Wilhelm. P. Ovid Nasonis XV Metamorphoseon librorvm figurae elegantissime a Cr[i]spiano Passaeo laminis aeneis incisae: quibus subiuncta sunt epigrammata latine ac germanice conscripta, fabularum omnium summam breviter ac erudite comprehendentia, Cologne, Joannem Jansonium, 1607
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Hugh Latimer (17th Century)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Morus quondam supremus totius Angliae cancellarius digniss (1620)
National Portrait Gallery, London
3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century) 6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16th-18th Century)
Liberté et sacrifice: Écrits Politiques
Grenoble: J. Millon, 1990.
Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The Globalization of Martyrdom
New York: Routledge, 2006.
Philosophia secreta: donde debaxo de historias fabulosas se contiene mucha doctrina prouechosa a todos estudios: con el origen de los idolos, o Dioses de la gentilidad
Çaragoça: Miguel Fortuño Sanchez, 1599.
Il Simonino. Geografia di un culto.Con saggi di Diego Quaglioni e Laura Dal Prà
Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, 2012.
Scène de sacrifice d'un roi, peut-être le châtiment de Lycurgue (1594-1650)
London, Christie's
The Royal Martyr: Or, the Life and Death of King Charles I
London: J.M.; Richard Royston, 1676.
Gesù e il sacrificio ebraico
in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue 1: pp.129-168.
Gesù e il sacrificio ebraico
in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue 1: pp.129-168.
I corpi sacrificali: smembramento e rimembramento. I presupposti culturali di Rom 12, 1-2
in: Atti del VII simposio di Tarso su S. Paolo Apostolo, pp. 437-468
Rome: Pontificio Ateneo Antoniano. Istituto Francescano di Spiritualità, 2002.