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.
‘Dead Women Tell No Tales:’ Issues of Female Subjectivity, Subaltern Agency and Tradition in Colonial and Post-colonial Writings on Widow Immolation in India
in: History Workshop Journal, v. (1993), issue : pp.208-227.
Felipe de Jesús, primer santo de América, cuarto centenario de su natalicio, 1572-1972
Ciudad de Mexico: Tradición, 1972.
La evangelización pacífica. Misioneros jesuitas del s. XVI
in: Studia Missionalia, v. 38 (1989), issue : pp.81.
La primera biblioteca de los jesuitas en Japón (1556)
in: Monumenta Nipponica, v. 15 (1959-60), issue : pp.142-144.
Gentile Religion in South India, China, and Tibet: Studies by Three Jesuit Missionaries
in: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, v. 27 (2007), issue 1: pp.203-213.
História de vida do padre Francisco de Xavier
Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeek, 1600.
Martyrdom of Nagasaki (1622)
National Heritage Board, Singapore
Martyrdom and the Muslim World through Franciscan Eyes
in: The Catholic Historical Review, v. 97 (2011), issue 1: pp.1-23.
Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. Selectarum item ex India epistolarum libri IV
Köln: Officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylij, 1590.
Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. Selectarum item ex India epistolarum libri IV
Antwerp: Martinus Nuntius, 1605.
Istoria delle Indie orientali di Giovan Pietro Maffei tradotta da Francesco Serdonati
Milan: Antonio Fontana, 1830.
Vita, e morte del venerabil P. F. Alipio di S. Giuseppe Scalzo di S. Agostino Palermitano della congregazione d'Italia, in odio della confessione della S. Fede di Giesù Cristo, crudelissimamente ucciso da' Turchi di Barberia, nella città di Tripoli, a 17 di febbraio l'anno 1645.
Rome: Ignatio de' Lazzari, 1657.