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
Imago primi saeculi Societatis Iesu a Provincia Flandro-Belgica eiusdem Societatis repraesentata
Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1640.
The Confession of Richard Brandon the Hangman (Upon His Death Bed) Concerning His Beheading His Late Majesty, Charles the First, King of Great Britain; and His Protestation and Vow Touching the Same; the Manner how He Was Terrified in Conscience; the Apparitions and Visions Which Apeared Unto Him; the Great Judgement that Befell Him Three Dayes Before He Dy’d; and the Manner How He Was Carryed to White-Chappell Churchyard on Thursday Night Last, the Strange Actions That Happened Thereupon; With the Merry Conceits of the Crowne Cook and His Providing Mourning Cords for the Buriall
[London]: n.p., 1649.
Amyntor, or, A Defence of Milton's Life Containing I. A General Apology for All Writings of That Kind. II. A Catalogue of Books Attributed in the Primitive Times to Jesus Christ, His Apostles and Other Eminent Persons: With Several Important Remarks and Observations Relating to the Canon of Scripture. III. A Complete History of the Book Entitul'd Icon Basilike, Proving Dr. Gauden and Not King Charles the First to Be the Author of It: With an Answer to All the Facts Alledg'd by Mr. Wagstaf to the Contrary; and to the Exceptions Made Against My Lord Anglesey's Memorandum, Dr. Walker's Book or Mrs. Gauden's Narrative, Which Last Piece Is Now the First Time Publish'd at Large
London: n.p., 1699.