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.
Sati Stone (17th-18th)
from: India
Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest
Early Franciscans in Japan. Japan
in: Missionary Bulletin, v. 6 (1959), issue : pp..
Native Americans kill Catholic martyrs with bows and arrows, stones, knives, and spears. [1579]
from: Valades, Diego, Rhetorica christiana ad concionandi, et orandi usum accommodata, Petrucci, Perugia, 1579, p. 220
John Carter Brown Collections
Gegenreformation und Literatur: Das Jesuitendrama im Dienste der religiösen und moralischen Erziehung
in: Historisches Jahrbuch , v. 100 (1980), issue : pp.240–256.
Le théâtre des jésuites dans les Pays de Langue Allemande (1554– 1680): Salut des âmes et ordre des cités
Bern-Frankfurt am Main-Las Vegas: Lang, 1978.
Il cerimoniale per i missionari del Giappone
Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2011.
Valignanos Missionsgrundsätze für Japan
Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1951-58.
Historia del principio y progresso de la Companía de Jesús en las Indias orientales (1542-64)
Rome: Institutum historicum Societatis Iesu, 1944.
Tractatus in quo agitur. De Iaponiorum religione
Amsterdam: Ludovicus Elzevirius, 1649.
Intercultural Encounter and the Jesuit Mission in South Asia (16th-18th Centuries)
Bangalore: Asian Trading Corp., 2014.
The Rites Controversies in the Early Modern World
Boston-Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Los Mártires de Japón
Newark, DE: Christina Lee, 2006.