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.
Propagation of the Gospel in the East: Being an Account of the Success of Two Danish Missionaries, Lately Sent to the East-Indies for the Conversion of the Heathens in Malabar.
London: J. Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1709.
Purpurata Japoniae magnanimitas in Simone Tachenda, aulico, duce, martyre, expressa
Graz: Frantz Widmannstetter, 1663.
Raccolta d’opuscoli curiosi ed interessanti intorno agli affari presenti di Portogallo
Lugano: Stamperia privilegiata della suprema autorità elvetica nelle prefetture italiane, 1760.
Ragguaglio delle cose più notabili occorse nella felicissima morte di cento sessanta cinque fortissimi martiri
Rome-Bologna: Clemente Ferroni, 1628.
Relación del riguroso martyrio, que el Padre Fr. Ioan de Prado de la provincia de San Diego de Sevilla, predicador, y provincial, que fue de la misma provincia, que es de frailes descalços franciscos, padecio en la ciudad de Marruecos ... la qual relacion embió el Governador de Marzagan, al Excelentissimo Señor Duque de Medina Sydonia
Seville: Luis Estupiñan, 1631.
Relación del riguroso martyrio, que el Padre Fr. Ioan de Prado de la provincia de San Diego de Sevilla, predicador, y provincial, que fue de la misma provincia, que es de frailes descalços franciscos, padecio en la ciudad de Marruecos ... la qual relacion embió el Governador de Marzagan, al Excelentissimo Señor Duque de Medina Sydonia
Seville: Luis Estupiñan, 1631.
Retrato del martyrio de los tres santos: Pablo Miqui, Iuan de Goto, y Diego Guisay
Valladolid: Viuda de Francisco Fernández de Córdova, 1628.
Reyse van Marcellvs Mastrillvs priester der Soc. Iesv
Antwerp: Ian van Meurs, 1637.