The martyrs of Japan : : publication history and Catholic missions in the Spanish World (Spain, New Spain, and the Philippines, 1597-1700) / / Rady Roldán-Figueroa.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
• VerfasserIn: Roldán-Figueroa, Rady,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherland ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Christian traditions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 pages)

"In The Martyrs of Japan, Rady Roldán-Figueroa examines the role that Catholic missionary orders played in the dissemination of accounts of Christian martyrdom in Japan. The work combines several historiographical approaches, including publication history, history of missions, and "new" institutional history. The author offers an overarching portrayal of the writing, printing, and circulation of books of 'Japano-martyrology.' The book is organized into two parts. The first part, "Spirituality of Writing, Publication History, and Japano-martyrology," addresses topics ranging from the historical background of Christianity in Japan to the publishers of Japano-martyrology. The second part, "Jesuits, Discalced Franciscans, and the Production of Japano-martyrology in the Early Modern Spanish World," features closer analysis of selected works of Japano-martyrology by Jesuit and Discalced Franciscan writers"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Japano-martyrology, Catholic Europe, and the Early Modern Spanish World -- 2 The Christian Century and the Great Convergence -- 3 Structure of This Book -- Part 1 Spirituality of Writing, Publication History, and Japano-martyrology -- Chapter 1 Background: Catholic Missions in Japan -- 1 The Society of Jesus -- 2 Changing Winds: The Arrival of the Spanish Mendicants and the Dawn of Persecution/Prosecution -- 3 Who Were the "Martyrs" of Japan? -- Chapter 2 Japano-martyrology as Religious Literature -- 1 Religious Literature and Religious Practices -- 2 The Institutional Contexts of Religious Literature: Towards a "New Perspective" on Institutional History -- Chapter 3 The Production and Circulation of Martyrological and Near-Martyrological Books, 1598-1700 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 "Making them Count": A Methodological Note on Assessing the Production and Circulation of Martyrological and Near-Martyrological Books -- 3 Religious Affiliation and the Production of Martyrological and Near-Martyrological Works -- 4 Religious Affiliation, Languages of Publication, and Linguistic Paths of Dissemination -- 5 Religious Affiliation, Places of Publication, and Geographical Paths of Dissemination -- Chapter 4 Authors and Their Institutional Contexts -- 1 Frequently Published Authors -- 2 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Jesuits -- 3 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Dominicans -- 4 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Discalced Franciscans.

5 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Society of Jesus and the Office of the Procurator General in the Spanish Court -- Chapter 5 Publishers, Missionaries, and Publication Portfolios: The Dissemination of Japano-martyrology in Southern Europe -- 1 Publishers, Missionaries, and Publication Portfolios -- 2 From Periphery to Center and to Periphery Again: Italian Publishers and the Dissemination of Japano-martyrology -- 3 Manila as a Publication Center of Japano-martyrology -- 4 From Manila to Naples: Books of Japano-martyrology and Dominican Links with the Neapolitan Viceregal Court -- 5 From Manila to Cádiz: Publishing of Japano-martyrology and the Recruitment of Mendicant Missionaries -- 6 From Manila to Southern Spain: Melchor Manzano's Relación verdadera, the Publisher Miguel Sorolla, and Dominican Publishing in Valencia -- Part 2 Jesuits, Discalced Franciscans, and the Production of Japano-martyrology in the Early Modern Spanish World -- Chapter 6 The Martyrs of Japan, Exemplarity, and Post-Tridentine Spirituality and Missions in Luis de Guzmán's Historia de las misiones -- 1 Luis de Guzmán, S.J. (1543-1605): Chronicler of the Society of Jesus -- 2 Luis de Guzmán: Institutional Career -- 3 The Historia de las misiones and the "Exemplary Lives" of Japanese Christianity -- 4 The Historia de las misiones and the Dissemination of Post-Tridentine Catholic Spirituality -- 5 The Historia de las misiones and the Formation of New Missionaries -- Chapter 7 Excursus: How and When Was Guzmán's Historia de las misiones "Reclassified" from History of Missions to Travel Literature? -- 1 Guzmán's Historia de las misiones as a History of Missions -- 2 The Uses of Historia de las misiones as Ecclesiastical History, History of Missions, and Biographical Writing.

3 The "Reclassification" of Guzmán's Historia de las misiones as Travel Literature -- 4 Historia de la misiones as Mission History: The Case of Jesuit Missions in the Philippines -- Chapter 8 Father Luis Piñeiro, S.J., the Tridentine Economy of Relics, and the Defense of the Jesuit Missionary Enterprise in Tokugawa Japan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Tridentine Economy of Relics -- 3 Piñeiro, the Crisis of 1614, and the Defense of the Jesuit Missions in Japan -- 4 Japan and the "English Schism" -- 5 The Veneration of Saints and the Tridentine Character of the Jesuit Missions in Japan -- Chapter 9 From Nagasaki to Puebla de los Ángeles: Baltasar de Medina (1634-1697) and His Martyrology of St. Felipe de Jesús (1572-1597) as an Instance of Translocal Catholic Literary Culture (Part I) -- 1 Felipe de las Casas Martínez: Martyr of Japan -- 2 Origins and Institutional Development of the Discalced Franciscans -- 2.1 The Alcantarines -- 2.2 The Organizational Inner Logic of Discalced Franciscan Missions -- 2.3 The Missionary Reach of the Discalced Franciscans -- Chapter 10 From Nagasaki to Puebla de los Ángeles: Baltasar de Medina (1634-1697) and His Martyrology of St. Felipe de Jesús (1572-1597) as an Instance of Translocal Catholic Literary Culture (Part II) -- 1 Medina: Chronicler of the Discalced Franciscan Reform in New Spain -- 2 Baltasar de Medina and Juan Araus' Vision of the Apotheosis of Felipe de Jesús in the First Edition of Vida, martyrio, y beatificación -- Conclusion -- 1 Martyrological Bifurcation: Or the Magnification of European Martyrdom and the Eclipse of Japanese Martyrdom -- Selected Bibliography: Works of Japano-Martyrology Published ca. 1598-1700 -- 1598 -- 1599 -- 1600 -- 1601 -- 1602 -- 1604 -- 1605 -- 1606 -- 1607 -- 1608 -- 1609 -- 1610 -- 1611 -- 1612 -- 1613 -- 1614 -- 1615 -- 1616 -- 1617 -- 1618 -- 1619 -- 1620 -- 1621 -- 1622.

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