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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Küsel, Melchior

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.

Luyken, Jan

Beheading of Hans Wiesel. Warthausen, 1571 (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 561

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Beheading of Matthias Servaes von Ottenheim. Cologne, 1565 (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 327

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Beheading of Wolf Binder. Schärding, 1571 (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 540

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Burial alive of Anneke van den Hove (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 792

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Burning of 18 Persons in Salzburg, 1528 (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 17

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Burning of Algerius. Rome, 1557 (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 189

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Burning of Anneken (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 539

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Burning of Hendrik Eemkens. Utrecht, 1562 (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 295

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luyken, Jan

Burning of Jan Durps (Bosch). Maastricht, 1559 (1685)

from: Braght, T. J. van. Martyrs' Mirror, book 2, 1685, p. 259

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


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