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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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