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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Facey, J.; Lake, P.; Dowling, M. (Ed.)

John Foxe and the Defence of the English Curch

in: Protestantism and the National Church in Sixteenth Century England, pp. 162-192

New York: Croon Helm, 1987.

Finegan, F.

The Beatified Martyrs of Ireland

in: Irish Theological Quarterly, v. 65 (2000), issue : pp.157–167.

Freeman, T. ; Marshall, P.; Ryrie, A. (Ed.)

Dissenters from a Dissenting Church: The Challenge of the Freewillers, 1550-1558

in: The Biginnings of English Protestantism , pp. 129-156

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Freeman, T. ; Walsham, A.; Crick, J. (Ed.)

Publish and Perish: the Scribal Culture of the Marian Martyrs

in: The Uses of Script and Print, 1300−1700, pp. 235−254

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Garcia Pinilla, I. J.; Lort Nelson, J.

Una carta de Francisco de Enzinas (Dryander) en el martirologio de John Foxe

in: Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, v. 61 (1999), issue 2: pp.515-528.

Gardina Pestana, C.

The Quker Executions as Myth and History

in: The Journal of American History, v. 80 (1993), issue 2: pp.441-469.


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