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
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.
The Martyrs of the Year of the Armada
in: The Month and Catholic Review, v. 35 (1879), issue 1: pp.71-85.
Lumière des martyres. Essai sur le martyre au siècle des Réformes
Paris: H. Champion, 2004.
Salomon et le sang des Martyrs: Du Martyrologe Huguenot Aux Tragiques D'Agrippa D'Aubigné
in: Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France, v. 92e (1992), issue 4: pp.657-668.
Studien zum Märtyrerlied der Täufer im 16. Jahrhundert
Frenkfurt am Mein: Peter Lang, 1991.
John Foxe at Home and Abroad
Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2004.
John Foxr and the English Reformation
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1997.
Het Offer des Heeren
in: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 33 (2010), issue : pp.10-31.
Martyrs' Mirror Picture Albums and Abridgements: A Surprising Find
in: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 25 (2002), issue 4: pp.2-8.
The Martyrs' Mirror Made Plain
Aylmer, Ontario: Pathway, 2000.
The Emergence of a Femminine Spirituality in the 'Book of Martyrs'
in: Sixteenth Century Journal, v. 19 (1988), issue : pp.63 - 80.
Supremacy and Survival: How English Catholics Endured the English Reformation
Strongsville, OH.: Scepter, 2007.
Writing Martyrdom: Agrippa d'Aubigné's Reconstruction of Sixteenth Century Martyrology
in: Renaissance and Reformation, v. 30 (2006), issue 3: pp.29-50.
Dame Elizabeth Barton OSB, the Holy Maid of Kent
London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, 1925.
Crucifixion or Apocalypse? Refiguring the Eikon Basilike
in: Religion, Literature, and Politics in Post-Reformation England, 1540-1688, pp. 138-160
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
John Foxe: Historiographer, Disciplinarian, Tolerationist
in: Church History, v. 43 (1974), issue : pp.216-229.