Topic: 6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16th-18th Century)
During the volatile period between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, the concept of martyrdom underwent significant reinterpretations across different Christian denominations. This section explores how Catholics, Protestants, and Anabaptists each uniquely perceived and portrayed martyrdom. Protestants, countering the Catholic notion of sainthood, crafted new martyrologies to establish a lineage of sacrifice rooted in what they deemed as true faith. Similarly, the Anabaptists viewed the state of persecution, as chronicled in their martyrologies, as a testament to being part of the true church. This collection includes a wide array of early modern Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist printed sources and images. It is further enriched by a comprehensive bibliography spanning from the 19th to the 21st Century, offering modern perspectives on these historical interpretations
Martirio: il sacrificio di sé nelle tradizioni religiose
Modena: Banca popolare dell'Emilia-Romagna, 2005.
Martirio: il sacrificio di sé nelle tradizioni religiose
Modena: Banca popolare dell'Emilia-Romagna, 2005.
The Royal Image: Representations of Charles I
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Ritual and Violence: Natalie Zemon Davis and Early Modern France
in: Past & Present Supplements, v. 7 (2012), issue : pp..
Ritual and Violence: Natalie Zemon Davis and Early Modern France
in: Past & Present Supplements, v. 7 (2012), issue : pp..
An historicall narration of the iudgement of some most learned and godly English bishops, holy martyrs, and others (whereof III; viz. Archbishop Cranmer, B. Latimer, and Bishop Hooper, suffred martyrdome, in the dayes of Q. Mary, for the truth and Gospell of Christ Iesus) concerning Gods election, and the merit of Christ his death
London: Bernard Alsop; Thomas Fawcet, 1631.
A new song shall begin here ...: The martyrdom of Luther's followers among Antwerp's Augustinians on july I, 1523 and Luther's response
in: More than a memory: The discourse of martyrdom and the construction of Christian identity in the history of Christianity, pp. 243-270
Leuven: Leemans, 2005.
A true reporte of the death and martyrdome of M. Campion Iesuite and preiste, and M. Sherwin, and M. Bryan preistes, at Tiborne the first of December 1581 Observid and written by a Catholike preist, which was present therat Wheruuto [sic] is annexid certayne verses made by sundrie persons.
London: Richard Verstegan, 1581.
A Description of Lollards Tower, where Mr. Richard Hunne was Murthered. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
A Lamentable Spectacle of Three Women, with a Silly Infant Brasting Out of the Mothers Womb, Being First Taken Out of the Fire, and Cast Again, and so All Burned Together, in the Isle of Garnsey, 1556 July 18. (1563)
from: Foxe, J. Book of Martyrs, 1684
Atla Digital Library
Abscheulichste Unehörte Execution, an wehland dem Durchleuchtig- und Grossmächtigsten Carl Stuart, König in Gross Britannien, Franctreich und Irrland vorgangen in Londen vor der Residents Whithall, Dienstag den 30 Janua: 9 Februa: Anno 1640. Nachmittag zwischen 2 und 3 uhren [1649]
National Portrait Galllery, London
An Angel Crowning Three Male Martyrs [1575 - 1600]
The Royal Collection Trust, UK
Bertrand de Blas (1604)
from: Haemstede, Adriaen Cornelisz van, De historien de vrome martelaren, 1609, p. 346
Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Carthusian Martyrs (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England
Carthusian Martyrs Drawn and Quartered (19th Century)
St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England