Topic: 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12th-20th century)

Topic: 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th 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.

Topic: 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12th-20th Century)

Father Mariano Alcalá with eighteen companions, Mercedarian martyrs in 1936 [2014]

Four-legged silver Shrine in the shape of tortoises, with carved angels playing musical instruments, containing the relics of the Martyr San Pelayo [1816 - 1820]

Holy Chamber within Oviedo Cathedral, where the relics of the Cordovan Martyr Saint Eulogius are conserved. (16-17th Century)

Jacques de Molay is burned at the stake as a heretic (1314) (18 ?)

Main Altar of the Nuestra Señora del Martirio Parish Church in Ugíjar (Spain). (17th Century)

Mártires de Huécija. Martirio de trece frailes de San Augustín y otros fieles (bis). [17-18th Century]

Mártires de Huécija. Martirio de trece frailes de San Augustín y otros fieles. [17-18th Century]

Mártires de la Alpujarra [1935]

Mártires Mercedarios en Proceso de Beatificación. 1936. (20th Century)

Martyrdom of Antonio, Fernando, Pedro, Juan, Luis, Bartolomé and Juan Quixada. [18-19th Century]

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova (1655)

Martyrs of El Otero, Siguenza (Spain), 1936 (20th Century)

Mercedarian Mariano Alcalá and companions, martyrs in Spain in 1936. (20th Century)

Our Lady of Martyrdom (Sculpture). Ugíjar, Spain. (15th Century)

Our Lady of Martyrdom Church, within the Square dedicated to the Alpujarras Martyrs, Ugíjar (Spain). (15-19th Century)

Our Lady of Martyrdom, Patron Saint of Alpujarras (Sculpture) (15th Century)

Our Lady of Mercy with St. Peter Nolasco and St. Raymond Nonnatus (16th Century)

Painting of Santa Flora, Martyr in Cordoba (A.D. 851) (17th Century)

Topic: 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Holy Chamber within Oviedo Cathedral, where the relics of the Cordovan Martyr Saint Eulogius are conserved. (16-17^th Century)

Main Altar of the Nuestra Señora del Martirio Parish Church in Ugíjar (Spain). (17^th Century)

Mártires de Huécija. Martirio de trece frailes de San Augustín y otros fieles (bis). [17-18^th Century]

Mártires de Huécija. Martirio de trece frailes de San Augustín y otros fieles. [17-18^th Century]

Mártires Mercedarios en Proceso de Beatificación. 1936. (20^th Century)

Martyrdom of Antonio, Fernando, Pedro, Juan, Luis, Bartolomé and Juan Quixada. [18-19^th Century]

Martyrs of El Otero, Siguenza (Spain), 1936 (20^th Century)

Mercedarian Mariano Alcalá and companions, martyrs in Spain in 1936. (20^th Century)

Our Lady of Martyrdom (Sculpture). Ugíjar, Spain. (15^th Century)

Our Lady of Martyrdom Church, within the Square dedicated to the Alpujarras Martyrs, Ugíjar (Spain). (15-19^th Century)

Our Lady of Martyrdom, Patron Saint of Alpujarras (Sculpture) (15^th Century)

Our Lady of Mercy with St. Peter Nolasco and St. Raymond Nonnatus (16^th Century)

Painting of Santa Flora, Martyr in Cordoba (A.D. 851) (17^th Century)