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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roldán-Figueroa, Rady, author.

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; volume 195.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; volume 195

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Christian martyrs--Japan--History--17th century.

Christian martyrs.

Martyrologies--History and criticism.

Martyrologies.

Christian martyrs--Biography--History and criticism.

Christian martyrs--Biography.

Martyrologies--Publishing--Spain--History--17th century.

Catholic Church--Publishing--Spain--History--17th century.

Catholic Church--Japan--History--17th century.

Missions--Japan--History--17th century.

Missions.

Publishers and publishing.

History.

Publishing.

Japan.

Spain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Background : Catholic missions in Japan

Japano-martyrology as religious literature

The production and circulation of martyrological and near-martyrological books, 1598-1700

Authors and their institutional contexts

Publishers, missionaries, and publication portfolios : the dissemination of Japano-martyrology in Southern Europe

The martyrs of Japan, exemplarity, and post-tridentine spirituality and missions in Luis de Guzmán's Historia de las misiones

Excursus : how and when was Guzmán's Historia de las misiones "reclassified" from history of missions to travel literature

Father Luis Piñero, S.J., the tridentine economy of relics, and the defense of the Jesuit missionary enterprise in Tokugawa Japan

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Roldán-Figueroa, Rady. Martyrs of Japan

ISBN:

9789004437524

9004437525

OCLC:

1237345957