Topic: 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16th-18th Century)
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth Century, Catholic missionary endeavors across the globe produced a wealth of sources that shed light on various forms of sacrifice. These sources often intertwine factual accounts with the emphasis on martyrdom, adopting specific theological, narrative, and iconographic frameworks. This section presents a comprehensive collection of early modern printed sources and images that illustrate these dynamics. Additionally, it includes a thorough bibliography covering scholarly works from the 19th to 21st centuries, providing contemporary insights into the historical context and significance of these sacrifices.
L’imperatore della Cina
Milan: Guanda, 2015.
The Christian Century in Japan 1549-1650
Berkeley-Los Angeles-Londres-Cambridge: , 1951.
The Christian Century in Japan, 1549-1650
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951.
Le théâtre des jésuites
Paris: Henri Vaton, 1880.
Apontamentos para a história das relaçoes diplomáticas de Portugal com a China 1516-1753
in: Revista de Cultura, v. 17 (1949), issue : pp..
Enquiries Touching the Diuersity of Languages and Religions Throughout the Cheife Parts of the World
London: Eliot's Court Press for John Bill, 1614.
Novae Franciae Accurata Delineatio (Martyrdom of Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant) (1657)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Historia Tragico Maritima: Em que se escrevem chronologicamente os Naufragios que tiverão as Naus de Portugal, depois que se poz em exercicio a Navegação da India
Lisbon: Officina da Congregação do Oratório, 1735-36.
Books of Martyrs: Example and Imitation in Europe and Japan, 1597–1650
in: The Catholic Historical Review, v. 103 (2017), issue 2: pp.vi-223.
Conquests of Memory: Franciscan Chronicles of the East Asian Church in the Early Modern Period
in: Culture and History Digital Journal, v. 5 (2016), issue 2: pp.6-13.
The Visitor: André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2014.
Journey to the East: the Jesuit Mission to China, 1579-1724
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007.
S. Francesco Saverio. Apostolo delle Indie e del Giappone, 1506-1552
Parma: Editrice Missionaria Italiana, 2006.
Christian Researches in Asia. With Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures Into the Oriental Languages
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814.
The Freising Titus Play
in: Mission und Theater: Japan und China auf den Bühnen der Gesellschaft Jesu, pp. 413–497
Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2005.
Cronica moralizada del Orden de San Augustín en el Peru con sucesos ejemplares en esta Monarquia
Barcelona: Pedro Lacavalleria, 1638.