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
Sacred performances : Islam, sexuality, and sacrifice
New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.
Charles Stuart. That Man of Blood
in: Journal of British Studies, v. 16 (1977), issue 2: pp.41-61.
Simone da Trento
in: Dizionario biografico degli italiani, pp. -
: , 2018.
Ancora su Hinderbach e la “sua” creazione iconografica, con la riscoperta del ciclo simoniniano di S. Maria della Misericordia di Trento
in: Il Simonino. Geografia di un culto.Con saggi di Diego Quaglioni e Laura Dal Prà , pp. 17-52
Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, 2012.
Self-sacrifice: from the Act of Violence to the Passion of Love
in: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, v. (2010), issue 68/1-3: pp.77-94.
The Rites of Violence: Religious Riot in Sixteenth-Century France
in: Past & Present, v. 59 (1973), issue : pp.51-91.
La Gloire et l'Effroi. Sept morts sous la Terreur
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1997.
Iphygénie en Tauride
in: Revue d'Histoire Littéraire de la France, v. 17 (1910), issue 3: pp.581-611.
Pro patria mori : sacrificing life in service of the political community
in: Sacrifice in modernity : community, ritual, identity : from nationalism and nonviolence to health care and Harry Potter, pp. 33-53
Leiden: Brill, 2017.
Polemical Ethnographies: Descriptions of Yom Kippur in the Writings of Christian Hebraists and Jewish Converts to Christianity in Early Modern Europe
in: Hebraica Veritas?: Christian Hebraists and the Study of Judaism in Early Modern Europe, pp. 202-233
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
Did Minister Matter? War and Religion in England, 1642-1649
in: Journal of British Studies, v. 33 (1994), issue 2: pp.119-156.
Martyrdom, terrorism, and the Rethoric of Sacrifice. The cases of Marat, Robespierre, and Loiserolles
in: Martyrdom and TerrorismPre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives, pp. ch. 5
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Le sacrifice inutile. Essai sur la violence politique
Paris: Flammarion, 2001.
The Deaths of Louis XVIRegicide and the French Political Imagination
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021.
Sacrifice: An experiment on the political economy of extreme intergroup punishment
in: Journal of Economic Psychology, v. 90 (2022), issue : pp.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2022.102486..
Caravan of Martyrs : Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2017.