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
King Charles the Martyr, 1643 - 1649
London: Hollis & Carter, 1950.
Political and Demographic-Ecological Determinants of Institutionalised Human Sacrifice
in: Anthropological Forum, v. 24 (2014), issue 1: pp.47-70.
Human sacrifice as social control through terror
in: Human Sacrifice and Value. Revisiting the Limits of Sacred Violence from an Anthropological and Archaeological Perspective, pp. Chap. 16
London: Routledge, 2023.
Great War, Religious Dimensions
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Fidelity and Sacrifice: The Gender Discourse of Traders in Pre- and Post-Opium War Canton
in: Frontiers of History in China, pp. 473-507
Leiden: Brill, 2020.
Sovereignty and the Sacred: Secularism and the Political Economy of Religion
Chicago - London: University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Sovereignty and the Sacred: Secularism and the Political Economy of Religion
Chicago - London: University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Deng Zihui and the Issue of Rural Social Classes in the Chinese Revolution
in: Rural China, pp. 40-64
Leiden: Brill, 2015.
in: Two Nations in Your Womb: Perceptions of Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, pp.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.
They Tell Lies: You ate the Man’: Jewish Reactions to Ritual Murder Accusations
in: Religious Violence Between Christians and Jews, pp. 86-100
Hampshire: Palgrave, 2002.
Saturn and the Jews
in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, v. 42 (1979), issue : pp.16-27.
Due drammi e un martirio: Scammacca e Elio a confronto
in: Memorie e rendiconti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti degli Zelanti e dei Dafnici di Acireale, v. 7 (2008), issue : pp.253-269.
Il Tommaso di Conturbia di Ortensio Scammacca fra claccisismo e spiritualità barocca
in: Senecio: Saggi, Enigmi, Apophoreta, v. (2019), issue : pp.1-7.
The Motif of the Corrupted Sacrifice in Aeschylus' Oresteia
in: Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, v. 96 (1965), issue : pp.463-508.
The Motif of the Corrupted Sacrifice in Aeschylus' Oresteia
in: Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, v. 96 (1965), issue : pp.463-508.