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
A Jesuit Challenge: Edmund Campion's Debates at the Tower of London in 1581
New York : Fordham University Press, 1999.
Franciscan Martyrs in England
London: Burns and Oats, 1878.
The Elizabethan Martyrs
in: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Christian Martyrdom , pp. 322-337
Chichester: John Wiley, 2020.
Ideas of Martyrdom in Early Stuart Public Debates, 1603- 1649
Florence: PhD Dissertation, E.U.I. , 2017.
Dead Man's Treasure
in: The Production of English Renaissance Culture, pp. 190-224
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994.
Acts of the English Martyrs
London: Burns & Oats, 1891.
Unpublished Documents Relating to the English Martyrs
London: Catholic Record Society, 1908.
Adriaan von Haemstede en zijn martelaarsboek
The Hague: Boekencentrum N.V., 1970.
The Evangelistic Zeal of Reformation Geneva (1533-1560) as Exemplified in Crespin's Martyrology
in: Midwest Journal of Theology, v. 6 (2008), issue 2: pp.3-35.
Shaping Religious Communitythrough Martyr Memories
in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 73 (1999), issue : pp.546-556.
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.