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.
Martyrs of Nagasaki (1717)
Schutzengelkirche, Eichstadt
A Vision Betrayed: The Jesuits in Japan and China, 1542-1742
Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1994.
The Reasons for a Murder. Local Cultural Conceptualizations of the Martyrdom of Gonçalo da Silveira in 1561
in: Cahiers d'Études africaines, v. 219 (2015), issue : pp.467-488.
An Autobiography of Martyrdom: Spiritual Writings of the Jesuits in New France
St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1962.
The Martyrdom of the Franciscan and Japanese Martyrs at Nagasaki (1621)
Church of San Bernardino di Siena, Chiari
Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2020.
From Idolatry to Religions: the Missionary Discourses on Hinduism and Buddhism and the Invention of Monotheistic Confucianism, 1550-1700
in: Journal of Early Modern History, v. 24 (2020), issue : pp.499-536.
Reassessing ‘the Discovery of Hinduism’: Jesuit Discourse on Gentile Idolatry and the European Republic of Letters
in: Intercultural Encounter and the Jesuit Mission in South Asia, pp. 113-155
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Theology, Ethnography, and the Historicization of Idolatry
in: Journal of the History of Ideas, v. 67 (2006), issue 4: pp.571–596.
Tomas de habito y profesiones de la Provincia de San Gregorio de Filipinas (1583-1736)
in: Missionalia Hispanica, v. 18 (1961), issue 54: pp..
El Martirologio del Japón, 1558– 1873
in: Bulletin of Portuguese-Japanese Studies, v. 2 (1999), issue : pp.161-162.
Haruka naru Kaoli
Tokyo: ?, 1988.
Historia y Ficción de Ota Julia
in: Hispania Sacra, v. 41 (1989), issue : pp.529-543.
La misión clandestina en Japón
in: Revista de Cultura, v. 17 (1993), issue : pp.171-182.
La misionacion clandestina en el Japon
in: Revista de Cultura, v. 17 (1993), issue : pp..
Origenes de la Iglesia Católica Coreana desde 1566 hasta 1784
Roma: Bibliotheca Instituti Historici Societatis Iesu, 1986.
The Catholic Church in Korea - Its Origins 1566-1784
Seoul: The Royal Asiatic Society Korean Branch, 1994.