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
Ritual Slaughter Issue In Poland: Between Religious Freedom, Legal Order And Economic-Political Interests
in: Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe, v. 7 (2014), issue 1: pp.53-69.
in: L’accusa del sangue. Storia politica di un mito antisemita, pp.
Roma: Editori Riuniti, 2002.
Conversion, circumcision, and ritual murder in medieval Europe
: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
Outsourcing Sacrifice: The Labor of Private Military Contractors
in: Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, v. 21 (2009), issue 1: pp.101-164.
The Mystified War: Regeneration and Sacrifice
in: The Finnish Civil War 1918, pp. 159-200
Leiden: Brill, 2014.
The Sandomierz Paintings of Ritual Murderr as Lieux de Mémoire
in: Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation, pp. 253-278
Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2017.
The political economy of sacrifice : Kinois & the state
in: Review of African political economy, v. 29 (2002), issue 93-94: pp.481-498.
Huguenots, Jesuits and Tyrants: Notes on the Vindiciae contra tyrannos in Early Modern England
in: Journal of Early Modern History, v. 11 (2007), issue 3: pp.175-196.
Political murder and sacrifice : from Roman Republic to Empire
in: Ancient mediterranean sacrifice
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Martyrdom in the modern Middle East
Würzburg: Ergon, 2014.
Chasse et sacrifice dans l'Oreste d'Eschyle
in: Mythe et Tragédie en Grèce ancienne, pp. 133-158
Paris: François Maspero, 1972.
Was White Right? Biblical Interpretation, Theological Stance and Environmental Attitudes among a Sample of uk Churchgoers
in: Journal of Empirical Theology, v. 28 (2015), issue 1: pp..
Das religiöse Opfer. Zur Soziologie religiöser Heilslehre, Gewalt(losigkeit) und Gemeinschaftsbildung
Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010.
Reformations of the Body Idolatry, Sacrifice, and Early Modern Theater
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Sovereign LadiesSex, Sacrifice, and Power--The Six Reigning Queens of England
New York: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2013.
Exodus and Revolution
New York: Basic Books, 1985.
Paper Bullets: Print and Kingship Under Charles II
Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.