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.
Saintly Biography and the Cult of San Felipe de Jesús in Mexico City, 1597-1697
in: The Americas, v. 67 (2011), issue 4: pp.441-466.
Rodrigues the Interpreter
New York-Tokyo: , 1974.
Rodrigues the Interpreter: An Early Jesuit in Japan and China
New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
O Japão visto pelos Portugueses
Lisboa: Commissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1993.
The Iconographies of Sati
in: Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India, pp. 27-49
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
A Pearl to India: The Life of Roberto de Nobili
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959.
O martírio de cristãos no Japão: uma estratégia dos Tokugawa
in: Revista Lusófona de Ciência das Religiões, v. 8 (2009), issue 15: pp.147-159.
The Christianisation of the Goa Islands, 1510-1567
Goa: Heras Institute, 1965.
Japan älteste Beziehungen zum Westen 1542-1614 in zeitgenössischen Denkmälern seiner Kunst
Freiburg im Bresgau: Herder, 1923.
The Portuguese in India: Being a History of the Rise and Decline of their Eastern Empire
New Delhi-Chennai: Asian Educational Services, 2003.
China, the Confucian Ideal and the European Age of the Enlightenment
in: Journal of the History of Ideas, v. 44 (1983), issue 4: pp.523-548.
R. de Nobili as Forerunner of Hindu-Christian Dialogue
in: Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies, v. 4 (1991), issue 1: pp.1-9.
Discoveries, Missionary Expansion, and Asian Cultures
New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 1994.
Répertoire des Jésuites en Chine de 1552 à 1800
Rome: Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu, 1973.
Taiko: la vida de Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Gijón: Satori, 2018.