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.
El Primer Nueva Corónica i Buen Gobierno. Conpuesto por Don Phelipe Guaman Poma de Aiala, Señor i Príncipe Su Santidad Sacra Católica Real Magestad F. G. P. D. Aiala, Préncipe, el Reino de las Indias. Quinientas y noventa y siete oxas
n. p. [Peru]: n. p. [Manuscript conserved at the Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen], 1615-1616.
Relacão anual das coisas que fizeram os padres da Companhia de Jesus nas suas missões do Japaõ, China, Cataio, Tidore, Ternate, Ambóino, Malaca, Pegu, Bengala, Bisnagá, Maduré costa da Pescaria, Manar, Ceilão, Travancor, Malabar, Sodomala, Goa, Salcete, Lahor, Diu, Etiopia a alta ou Preste João, Monomotapa, Angola, Guiné, Serra Leoa, Cabo Verde e Brasil nos anos de 1600 a 1609
Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1930-42.
Relação anual das coisas que fizeram os Padres da Companhia de Jesus nas suas Missões nos anos de 1600 a 1609
Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1930-42.
A New History of the East-Indies, Ancient and Modern
London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1744.
Historia de las Misiones de la Companía de Jesús en la India Oriental, en la China y Japón desde 1540 hasta 1600
Alcalá: El Mensajero del corazon de Jesus, 1891.
The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga
Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2011.
Tradition and Reflection. Explorations in Indian Thought
New York: University of New York Press, 1991.
History of Christianity in India, vol. 3: Eighteenth Century
Bangalore: The Church History Society of India, 1997.
Les Veuves de Malabar: Sati, Colonialism, and the Enlightment
in: French Theatre, Orientalism, and the Representation of India, 1770-1865, pp. 19-71
Abingdon - New York: Routledge, 2021.
The Augustinians in Seventeenth Century Japan
Marylake, King City, Ontario: , 1965.
Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2014.
Beheading of the five martyrs of Morocco (1508)
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon (Proceeding from San Francisco Church in Évora, Portugal)