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
Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
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Violence in the Middle East: from political struggle to self-sacrifice
Princeton: Wiener, 2004.
Dismembered: Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau's “The Levite of Ephraïm”
in: The Review of Politics, v. 81 (2019), issue 2: pp.231-253.
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
Martyrdom in Sunni Revivalist Thought
in: Sacrificing the Self: Perspectives on Martyrdom and Religion, pp.
Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, .
Civil war and religion in medieval Japan and medieval Europe: War for the Gods, emotions at death and treason
in: The Indian Economic & Social History Review, v. 57 (2020), issue 2: pp.261-287.
Sacrificial Violence: A Problem in Ancient Religions
in: The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, pp. 437–454
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
Le radici cristiane dell'antisemitismo politico (fine XIX-XX secolo)
in: Alle origini dell'antisemitismo politico: l'accusa di omicidio rituale nel Sei-Settecento tra autodifesa degli ebrei e pronunciamenti papali, pp. 25-59
Roma: Ecole Française de Rome, 2003.
L’omicidio Rituale Nell’italia del Settecento Tra Polemica Antigiudaica Ed Erudizione Agiografica
in: Rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa, v. 38 (2002), issue 2: pp.475-508.
In dispregio della religione nostra christiana'. Il martirio di Simonino da Trento nella Pala di Pier Martino Fiamingo di Perugia
in: Lo scorpione sul petto. Iconografia antiebraica tra XV e XVI secolo alla periferia dello Stato Pontificio, pp. 141-156
Roma: Gangemi, 2014.
Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making
New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Rehabilitating Self-Sacrifice: Care Ethics and the Politics of Resistance
in: International Journal of Philosophical Studies, v. 26 (2018), issue 3: pp.456-477.
Creating Confucian Authority
Leiden: Brill, 2021.
Sanctifying the Name of God: Jewish Martyrs and Jewish Memories of the First Crusade
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
The Life of Charles I, the Royal Martyr
Boston - New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.