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
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.
The Royal Martyr in the Restoration
in: The Royal Image: Representations of Charles I, pp. 240-262
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Rituals of death: capital punishment and human sacrifice
in: Facing the death penalty, pp. 139–155
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989.
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
Uno stereotipo antigiudaico per immagini
in: Il Simonino. Geografia di un culto.Con saggi di Diego Quaglioni e Laura Dal Prà , pp. 9-16
Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, 2012.
The Subject of Satı: Pain and Death in the Contemporary Discourse on Satı’
in Yale Journal of Criticism, Vol. 3, no. 2 (1990), pp. 1–23.: , 1990.
The Fragmentation of Sati: Constructing Hindu identity through nationalistic pilgrimage souvenirs
in: Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, v. 27 (2015), issue --: pp.12-35.
Animal Sacrifice and Political Identity in Rome and Judaea
in: Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries: How to Write Their History, pp. 105-125
Leiden: Brill, 2014.
Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Luois Prieur: Revolutionary Artists. The Public, the Populace and Images of the French Revolution
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999.
Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992.
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
London: Chatto & Windus, 2005.
The Last Blood Libel in Prague During the Maharal’s Lifetime
in: The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague
Yale: Yale University Press, 2008.
War is America’s Altar: Violence in the American Imagination
in: Peace, Culture, and Violence, pp. 198-217
Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2020.
The End of Public Sacrifice: Changing Definitions of Sacrifice in Post-Constantinian Rome and Italy
in: Ancient mediterranean sacrifice, pp. 167-184
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Policing Sati: Law, Order, and Spectacle in Postcolonial India
in: Law and History Review, v. (2023), issue : pp.1-23.
Politische Theologie; vier Kapitel zur Lehre von der Souveränität
Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1921.
The Meanings of Sacrifice: the LTTE, Suicide, and the Limits of the Religion Question
in: Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation: Religious Perspectives on Suicide, pp. 226-240
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.