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.
The Martyrdom of the Mauerbach Carthusians (1632)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
The Problem of Sati: John Locke’s Moral Anthropology and the Foundations of Natural Law
in: Journal of Early Modern History, v. 18 (2014), issue 1-2: pp.69-100.
Beschrijvinghe van het Machtigh Coninckrijcke Japan
Amsterdam: Joost Hartgers, 1648.
Fr. Carons, und Jod. Schouten Wahrhaftige Beschreibungen zweyer ma ̈chtigen Königreiche, Jappon und Siam
Nürnberg: Verlegung Michael und Joh. Friederich Endters, 1663.
Relación muy verdadera agora nuevamente sucedida, la qual trata de la vida que un clerigo passo en Argel, como convirtio a su amo, y el martirio que se dio al Moro
Barcelona: Pedro Malo, 1588.
The Travels of the Abbé Carré in India and the Near East, 1672–1674
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1990.
Relación del martyrio del B. P. Fr. Pedro Vázquez, de la Orden de Santo Domingo
Manila: Tomas Pinpin, 1625.
Triunfo del Santo Rosario y Orden de S. Domingo en los reynos del Iapon
Manila: Tomas Pinpin, 1626.
Historia do descobrimento e conquista de India pelos Portugueses
Coimbra: J. de Barreyra e J. Alvarez, 1552-61.
Compendio biográfico y novena del glorioso e ínclito mártir franciscano B. Juan de Prado. Por Manuel P. Castellanos
Tanger: Imprenta de la Misión Católica, 1904.
A História do Japão contada por João Rodrigues
in: Revista de Cultura, v. 17 (1993), issue : pp..
L’ateismo dei cinesi in Matto Ricci e in Niccolò Longobardo: La strategia missionaria della Compagnia di Gesù in Cina
in: Memoria de los orígines. El discurso histórico-eclesiástico en el mundo moderno
Sevilla: Universidad de Sevilla, 2014.
Superstizione, monoteismo e unità della Chiesa: Benedetto XIV e la condanna dei riti cinesi (1742)
in: Storia, medicina e diritto nei trattati di Prospero Lambertini—Benedetto XIV, pp. 97-108
Bologna: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2013.
The Tridentine Decrees Interpret the Chinese Rites
in: Trent and Beyond: The Council, other Powers, other Cultures, pp. 501-518
Turnhout: Brepols, 2017.
Véritable Portrait du Vén. Mastrilli. Martyr au Japon, en 1637. [19th Century]
from: Pouplard, P.-X. La vie merveilleuse du vénérable Marcel Mastrilli, S.J. Client bien-aimé de Saint François Xavier et martyr au Japon. Suive d'une notice sur la chute, la pénitence et le martyre de Christophe Ferreira. Paris, Desclee, 1902.
Sacrifices among the Jagas (Sacrificio de Giaghi) (1665-1668)
from: Missione Evangelica al Regno del Congo [Araldi Ms, vol. C]
Gallerie Estensi, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena
Relación de seys illustres martyres que padecieron martyrio en el Japón
Valencia: Juán Crisóstomo Garriz, 1606.