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.
Christian Martyrs Of Nagasaki (17th century)
from: reproduction in Arnold Toynbee, A study of history
Reliquary Casket (16-17. sec)
Museu de São Roque, Lisbon
Thesaurus Rerum Indicarum
Köln: Petri Henningij, 1615.
Fr. Jeronimo de Jesus, restaurador de las misiones del Japón
in: Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, v. 7 (1924), issue 7: pp.112-113.
Martirio del bendito P[adr]e Fray Diego Ortiz en Vilcabamba (1638)
from: Calancha, A. Coronica moralizada del Orden de San Augustin en el Peru. Barcelona, 1638.
A Dictionary of Hinduism
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Japonenses martyres: Japanische Stoffe im Grazer Jesuitentheater des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts
in: Europäische Geschichtskulturen um 1700 zwischen Gelehrsamkeit, Politik und Konfession, pp. 239–270
Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter, 2012.
Ásia Sínica e Japónica
Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, 1988.
India in the Italian Renaissance: Visions of a Contemporary Pagan World 1300-1600
London-New York: Routledge, 2016.
Kaempfer’s Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999.
Asia as seen by the Spanish ‘Empire’ during the 16th and 17th Centuries. Appreciation of Namban lacquer and other Asian artistic objects, and the Japanese art influences on Spanish America
in: The William and Mary Quarterly , v. 60 (2017), issue 2: pp.273-294.
Jesuit and Savage in New France
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950.
Transkulturelle Imaginationen des Opfers in der Frühen Neuzeit Übersetzungsprozesse zwischen Mexiko und Europa
Berlin: Berlin Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2015.