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
The Famous Tragedie of King Charles I. Basely Butchered by Those Who Are, Omne nefas proni patare pudoris inanes crudeles, violenti, importunique tyranni mendaces, falsi, perversi, perfidiosi, faedifragi, falsis verbis infunda loquentes. In Which Is Included, The Several Combinations and Machinations That Brought That Incomparable Prince to the Block, the Overtures Hapning at the Famous Seige of Colchester, the Tragicall Fals of Sir Charls Lucas and Sir George Lisle, the Just Reward of the Leveller Rainsborough, Hamilton and Bailies Trecheries, in Delivering the Late Scottish Army Into the Hands of Cromwell, and the Designe the Rebels Have, to Destroy the Royal Posterity
n.p.: n.p., 1649.
The Two State Martyrs, Or, The Murther of Master Robert Yeomans, and Master George Bowcher, Citizens of Bristoll: Committed on Them by Nathaniel Fiennes (second Son to the Lord Say) the Pretended Governor of that City, and the Rest of His Conspiracie, Whom Some Call a Councell of Warre
[Oxford]: [H. Hall], 1643.
Versión parafrástica del Psalmo LXXVIII. Parece que nadie podrá leer este salmo sin considerarle como una profecía de las calamidades con que la divina justicia ha querido afligir à España por medio de la ferocidad de los franceses desde que la invadieron en 1808; y del fervor con que las almas buenas han implorado e imploran la misericordia del Señor [...]
Madrid: Imprenta de Fuentenebro, 1813.
The assassination of King Lazar (1577)
from: Türckische Chronica (Adelphus Johannes)
What self-immolation means to Afghan women
in: Peace Review, v. 23 (2011), issue 1: pp.45-51.
The Gothic Family RomanceHeterosexuality, Child Sacrifice, and the Anglo-Irish Colonial Order
Durham: Duke University Press, 1999.
Rituals of War. The Body and Violence in Mesopotamia
New York: Zone Books, 2008.
Women and Blood Libel: The Legend of Adil Kikinesh of Drohobycz
in: Western Folklore, v. 71 (2012), issue 3-4: pp.279-290.
La justification du tyrannicide selon les monarchomaques
in: Le genre humain, v. 44 (2005), issue : pp.47-58.
Tractatus theologico‐politicus/Traité théologico‐politique
in: Spinoza Œuvres
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1999.
Not Peace But a Sword: The Political Theology of the English Revolution
Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018.
Blood Guilt in the English Revolution
in: The Seventeenth Century, v. 8 (1993), issue 2: pp.181-202.