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
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout’s Illustrations for Adriaen van Haemstede’s Book of Martyrs of 1657 and 1659
in: Burlington Magazine, v. 148 (2006), issue : pp.180-186.
Richard Verstegan as a Publicist of the Counter-Reformation: Religion, Identity and Clandestine Literature
in: Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, pp. 263 – 287
Leiden: Brill, 2016.
Catholics and Treason Martyrology, Memory, and Politics in the Post-Reformation
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
The Old English Martyrology: Edition, Translation and Commentary
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2013.
St. John Fisher: Humanist, Reformer, Martyr
Post Falls, ID.: Mediatrix Press, 2015.
English Books of Martyrs and Saints of the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
in: British Catholic History, v. 22 (1994), issue 1: pp.7-25.
The Apostolical Life of Ambrose Barlow
Manchester: Chetham Society, 1909.
Mary Dyer of Rhode Island, the Quker Martyr
Providence: Preston and Rounds, 1896.
The Complex Legacy of the Martyrs Mirror among Mennonites in North America
in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 87 (2013), issue : pp.277-316.
The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Nation: Martyrdom in Reformation England
in: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Christian Martyrdom , pp. 338-354
Chichester: John Wiley, 2020.
Reforming the Mystical Body: FromMass to Martyr in John Foxe's Actsand Monuments
in: ELH, v. 80 (2013), issue 3: pp.627-659.
The Unsteady Beginnings of English Protestant Martyrology
in: John Foxe: An Historical Perspective, pp. 52-66
Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999.
Dove at the Windows: Last Letters of Four Quaker Martyrs
Lincoln, Mass.: Penmaen Press, 1974.
Edmund Campion: A Biography
London: Williams and Norgate, 1867.
Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Dutch Anabaptists and the Telling ofMartyr Stories
in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 80 (2006), issue : pp.149-183.
A History of the Martyrs' Mirror
in: Mennonite Quarterly Review, v. 22 (1948), issue : pp.163-179.