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.
Relief of Saint Rodrigo Martyr (1793)
Iglesia de la Asunción (Choir stalls of the church), Cabra (Spain)
The Martyrdom of Saint Serapius (1622)
Cuenca Cathedral, Main Altar. Cuenca (Spain)
Aparición de la Virgen a San Pedro Pascual [1670]
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos (Museu de Belles Arts), Valencia, Spain
Martyrdom of S. Eulogius and S. Leocricia of Cordoba [1910]
from: Historia de España, III vols., ed. M. Seguí, 1910-1927.
San Pedro Pascual (17th Century)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)
San Pedro Pascual (detalle) (17th Century)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)
Saint Pelayo being tortured by order of Abderramán III in Cordoba [17th Century]
Main Altarpiece of the parish Church of Saint Pelayo Martyr, Olivares de Duero (Valladolid, Spain).
Santiago matamoros (XIII)
from: Guitiriz, Lugo (Spain)
Church of Santa María de Labrada (frescos)
Santiago Matamoros
Capilla de San Juan Bautista y Santiago, Catedral de Burgos
Sati Stone (18-19th)
from: Madhya Pradesh, India
Jahangir Mahal Museum
Dergoumidas, Prestre Armenien condamné par le Grand Visir Ali Pacha, mourut Martir le 5 Novembre 1707. (1707 - 1708)
from: Ferriol, Ch., Marquis Le Hay & Mour, J.-B. van. Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, tirees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 et 1708, Le Hay et Duchange, Paris, 1714, engraving n. 85, pp. 44-47; [Also found in: Explication des cent estampes qui representent differentes nations du Levant avec de nouvelles estampes, Le Hay et Duchange, Paris, 1715].
San Acisclo (1645)
Church of the Martyrs of Colodro, Cordoba (Spain)
Santa Victoria [1644]
Church of the Martyrs of Colodro, Cordoba (Spain)
Numancia (1880 - 1881)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)
Saint Pedro Pascual, Mercedarian, martyr in Granada (1300) (1676)
from: Pedro Pascual (Santo), Sancti Petri Paschasii Martyris, Giennensis Episcopi, Ordinis B. Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum Opera [...], Madrid, 1676
Martyrdom of Saint Serapion of Algiers (Mercedarian, 1179 - 1240) (1628)
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art