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.
Roberto de Nobili, Adaptation and the Reasonable Interpretation of Religion
in: Missiology, v. 18 (1990), issue 1: pp.26-30.
The Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa Japan
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.
Labor Evangelica
Barcelona: , 1900-1902.
Labor euangelica, ministerios apostolicos de los obreros de la Compañia de Iesus, fundacion y progressos de su prouincia en las Islas Filipinas
Madrid: Fernandez de Buendia, 1663.
Helden, Heiden und Märtyrer: Ostasien im deutschen Jesuitentheater; Ein Überblick
in: Europäische Schauplätze des frühneuzeitlichen Theaters: Normierungskräfte und regionale Diversität, pp. 369–416
Münster: Rhema, 2011.
Jesuitisches Schrifttum als Quellenfundus der China-Japan- Dramen
in: Mission und Theater: Japan und China auf den Bühnen der Gesellschaft Jesu, pp. 259-288
Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2005.
Voyages to Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Malta, Asia-Minor, Egypt, &c. &c. from 1796 to 1801. With an historical sketch, and occasional reflections
London: printed for the Author, 1813.
Christian Inculturation in India
Aldershot: Ashgate Published Limited, 2007.
Sac. Rituum Congregatione Eminentissimo, & Reverendiss. Domino Card. Colloredo Iapponen. Beatificationis, & Canonizationis [...] Positio super dubio an constet de validitate trium processuum Romae de anno 1632. & 1633. & de anno 1669
Rome: Typis Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae, 1690.
Saintly Biography and the Cult of San Felipe de Jesús in Mexico City, 1597-1697
in: The Americas, v. 67 (2011), issue 4: pp.441-466.
Rodrigues the Interpreter
New York-Tokyo: , 1974.
Rodrigues the Interpreter: An Early Jesuit in Japan and China
New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
Dilucidario y demostracion de las chronicas y antiguedad del Sacro Orden de la siempre Virgen Madre de Dios Sancta Maria del Monte Carmelo. Por el maestro fray Diego de Coria Maldonado de la Provincia de Andaluzia de la mesma orden. Dirigido al Licenciado Alonso Nuñez de Bohorques del Consejo de Su Magestad, y de la Sancta y general Inquisición. Con prebilegio real
Cordova: Andres Barrera, 1598.
Letters from the Mughal Court: The First Jesuit Mission to Akbar (1580–1583)
Saint Louis: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1981.
O Japão visto pelos Portugueses
Lisboa: Commissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1993.
Breve relacion del martyrio del Padre Francisco Marcelo Mastrillo de la Compañía de Iesus, martyrizado en Nagasaqui, ciudad del Xapon, en 17 de octubre de 1637. Embiada por el Padre Nicolas de Acosta, Procurador del Xapon, al padre Francisco Manso, Procurador general de las Provincias de Portugal de la dicha Compañía en Madrid.
n. p. [Madrid]: Imprenta Real, [1638].
The Iconographies of Sati
in: Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India, pp. 27-49
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.