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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Houliston, V.; Muller A. ; Middleton, P. (Ed.)

The Elizabethan Martyrs

in: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Christian Martyrdom , pp. 322-337

Chichester: John Wiley, 2020.

Hulse, C.; Miller, D. L. - O'Dair, S. - Weber, H. (Eds.)

Dead Man's Treasure

in: The Production of English Renaissance Culture, pp. 190-224

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994.

Juhnke, J. C.

Shaping Religious Communitythrough Martyr Memories

in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 73 (1999), issue : pp.546-556.

Kinder, G. A.

Spanish Protestants and Foxe's Book: Sources

in: Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance , v. 60 (1998), issue 1: pp.107-116.

Klassen, J.

Women and the Family among Dutch Anabaptist Martyrs

in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 60 (1986), issue : pp.135-145.

Knott, J. R.

John Foxe and the Joy of Suffering

in: The Sixteenth Century Journal , v. 27 (1996), issue 3: pp.721-734.

Kolb, R.; Mettepenningen, J. (Ed.)

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.


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