Topic: 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12th-20th Century)
Spanning from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, this section delves into the complex world of religiously motivated wars, where martyrdom and self-sacrifice dedicated to God played a pivotal role. It offers an extensive collection of printed sources and images that trace the evolution of this phenomenon through the crusades, the Reconquista, and various holy wars. This assortment includes materials from the twelfth to the twentieth century and provides a comprehensive bibliography that examines these events from both sacred and secular viewpoints.
Myracle of Saint Peter Pascual before the king Totila (18th Century)
Pedro Pascual Chapel, Sagrario: within the Cathedral of Jaén (Spain)
Caídos, víctimas y mártires
Madrid: Espasa, 2008.
Mártires del siglo XX
Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos (BAC), 1995.
Le crociate tra il mito e la storia
Roma: Nova Civitas, 1971.
Gli studi sulle crociate dal 1945 ad oggi
in: Rivista Storica Italiana, v. 80 (1968), issue : pp.79-106.
La crociata nel Duecento: l'avatara di un ideale
in: Archivio Storico Italiano, v. 135 (1977), issue : pp.259-291.
Martyrdom of Pedro Armengol (the painting shows the hanging of the Saint and the intervention of the Blessed Mother). (16-17th Century)
Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)
Martyrdom of Saint Raymond Nonnatus (16-17th Century)
Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)
Martyrdom of Saint Raymond Nonnatus (16-17th Century)
Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)
Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (detail). [1630]
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)
Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (detail). [1630]
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)
Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (full image). [1630]
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)
Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (full painting). [1630]
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)
Aqui se contiene un milagro que el glorioso san Diego hizo con una devota suya, a los veinte y cinco de Febrero deste presente año de mil y quinientos y noventa y quatro. Juntamente de la gran justicia que en la ciudad de Lisboa se hizo de un Ingles Luterano, y de otras personas. Y lleva al cabo una letrilla nueva al tono de la çaravanda, sobre la nueva prematica
Seville: Benito Sanchez, [1594].
Relación muy verdadera agora nuevamente sucedida, la qual trata de la vida que un clerigo passo en Argel, como convirtio a su amo, y el martirio que se dio al Moro
Barcelona: Pedro Malo, 1588.
Sn Rodrigo Prev[iter]o M[artir] de Cordoba y Patrono de la Villa de Cabra. Y Sn. Salomon Su compañero. Que dedica y consagra a el Sr. Dn. Rodrigo de Cota y Cabrera Prevendado de la Sta. Iglesia Cathedral Su Servidor Pedro Rodriguez. N[icholas] Carrasco del. et Sculp. Año de 1749.” (1749)
Engraving (one-sheet devotional print).
S[a]n Rodrigo Presv[iter]o Martir de Cordoba. Y S[a]n Salomon su Compañero M[arti]r. (1749)
Engraving. The illustration is a devotional print, printed on a single sheet.
Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War
New York: Metropolitan Books, 2004.
The ambivalent legacy of violence and victimhood. Using early Christian martyrs to think with
in: Spiritus, v. 6 (2006), issue : pp.1 - 24.
The ambivalent legacy of violence and victimhood. Using early Christian martyrs to think with
in: Spiritus, v. 6 (2006), issue : pp.1 - 24.