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.

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Paiano, Maria

Religione e patria negli opuscoli cattolici per l’esercito italiano. Il cristianesimo come scuola di sacrifi cio per i soldati (1861-1914)

in: Rivista di storia del cristianesimo (special issue: Sacrificarsi per la patria. L'integrazione dei cattolici italiani nello Stato nazionale), v. 8 (2011), issue 1: pp.7-26.

Keywords: War

Patey, A.; Methuen, C. - Spicer, A. - Wolfe, J. (Eds.)

Asserting Difference in Plurality. The Case of the Martyrs of Córdoba.

in: Christianity and Religious Plurality, pp. 53 - 66

Woodbridge (Canada): Boydell and Brewer, 2015.

Pedrajas, Francisco Javier

Relief of Saint Rodrigo Martyr (1793)

Iglesia de la Asunción (Choir stalls of the church), Cabra (Spain)


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