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.
Illustrium scriptorum religionis Societatis Iesu Catalogus
Lione: Jean Pillehotte, 1609.
Fonti Ricciane
Rome: Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu, 1942-49.
Storia dell’ Introduzione del Christianesimo in Cina
Rome: Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu, 1942-49.
Triumphos, coronas, tropheos, de la perseguida Yglesia de Iapon
Mexico City: Viuda de Diego Garrido, 1628.
Separacion y singularidad entre los veinte y seis protomartyres del Japon de San Felipe de Jesus, Indiano, Patricio, y Patron de Mexico
Mexico City: Francisco de Rivera Calderon, 1715.
Relación de la persecvcion qve tvbo la iglesia en el Iapon en dos años, es a saber, desde el 1626 hasta el 1628
Barcelona: Francisco Cormellas, 1669.
João Rodrigues’s Account of Sixteenth-Century Japan
London: The Hakluyt Society, 2001.
Jaerlijcken Brief van Japonien Van het Iaer 1624
Mechelen: Hendrick Jaye, 1628.
Lettera annua del Giappone del 1609 e 1610
Rome: Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615.
The palme of Christian fortitude. Or the glorious combats of Christians in Iaponia
Saint-Omer: Printed by the widow of Charles Boscard, 1630.