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
Spanish Protestants and Foxe's Book: Sources
in: Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance , v. 60 (1998), issue 1: pp.107-116.
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and Early Modern Print Culture
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Women and the Family among Dutch Anabaptist Martyrs
in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 60 (1986), issue : pp.135-145.
Constructing Cromwell: Ceremony, Portrait, and Print 1645-1661
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
John Foxe and the Joy of Suffering
in: The Sixteenth Century Journal , v. 27 (1996), issue 3: pp.721-734.
For All the Saints: Changing Perceptions of Martyrdom and Sainthood in the Lutheran Reformation
Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1987.
God's Gift of Martyrdom: The Early Refomration Understanding of Dying for the Faith
in: Church History, v. 64 (1995), issue 3: pp.399-411.
From Hymn to History of Dogma: Lutheran Martyrology in the Reformation Era
in: More than a memory: The discourse of martyrdom and the construction of Christian identity in the history of Christianity, pp. 295-314
Leuven: Leemans, 2005.
The Servant is not Greater than his Master: The Anabaptists and the Suffering Church
in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 58 (1984), issue : pp.5 - 29.
P. Ioannes Ogilbeus Scotus Soc: IESU. pro Catholica Religione suspensus, et dissectus Glasci in Scotia. 10 Marty. A. 1615. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Thomas Cottamus Anglus S. I. pro Fide Christi suspensus, et sectus. Londini in Anglia. A. 1582. 30 Maij. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
The Martyrdom of the Jesuit John Ogilvie (1615). Hanging and evisceration (1675)
from: Tanner, M. Societas Jesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, in Europa, Africa, Asia, et America, contra gentiles, Mahometanos, Judaeos, haereticos, impios, pro Deo, fide, Ecclesia, pietate, sive, Vita, et mors eorum, qui ex Societate Jesu in causa fide, Praga, 1675.
P. Edmundus Campianus, et P. Alexander Briantus Angli S. I. pro Fide suspensi et secti Londini in Anglia A. 1581. 1. Decembris. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Franciscus Pagius Anglus Soc: IESU Londini in Anglia pro Fide Catholica Suspensus et sectus A. 1602. 29. April. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
P. Petrus Wrichtus Anglus Soc. Iesu odio Sacerdoij Catholici suspensus, et membratim dissectus, in Anglia Londini. A. 1651. 29. Maij. (17th Century)
from: Unknown
National Portrait Gallery, London
Friction in the Archives: Storytellingin Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism
in: Renaissance andReformation , v. 41 (2018), issue 2: pp.113-138.
Foxe’s Books of Martyrs: printing and popularising the Acts and Monuments
in: Religion and Culture in Renaissance England, pp. 69-92
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.