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

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Crouch, Nathaniel

Martyrs Burnt (1700)

from: Martyrs in Flames: or The History of Popery, London, Nath. Crouch, 1700

The Royal Collection Trust, UK

Crouch, Nathaniel

Spanish Inquisition (1700)

from: Martyrs in Flames: or The History of Popery, London, Nath. Crouch, 1700

The Royal Collection Trust, UK

Darby, H. S.

Hugh Latimer

London: The Epworth Press, 1953.

Decker, J. M.

Interpreting Latimer: Wordsworthian Martyr or Textual Alchemist?

in: George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies, v. 20/21 (1992), issue : pp.58-62.

Dickens, A. G.; Tonkin J.

Weapons of Propaganda: The Martyrologies

in: The Reformation in Historical Thought , pp. 39-57

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1985.

Dickey, S. S.; Shetter, W. Z.; Cruysse, I. van der (Ed.)

Mennonite Martyrdom in Amsterdam and the Art of Rembrandt and his Contemporaries

in: Contemporary Explorations in the Culture of the Low Countries, pp. 9-89

Lenham, MD: University Press of America, 1996.

Doerksen, V. G.

The Anabaptist Martyr Ballad

in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 51 (1977), issue : pp.5-21.


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