The Martyrs of Japan : Publication History and Catholic Missions in the Spanish World (Spain, New Spain, and the Philippines, 1597–1700)

"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"-- Half Title 1 Series Information 2 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Contents 7 Acknowledgements 11 Figures and Illustrations 13 Abbreviations 14 Introduction 17 1 Japano-martyrology, Catholic Europe, and the Early Modern Spanish World 17 2 The Christian Century and the Great Convergence 20 3 Structure of This Book 23 Part 1 Spirituality of Writing, Publication History, and Japano-martyrology 27 Chapter 1 Background: Catholic Missions in Japan 29 1 The Society of Jesus 29 2 Changing Winds: The Arrival of the Spanish Mendicants and the Dawn of Persecution/Prosecution 38 3 Who Were the “Martyrs” of Japan? 44 Chapter 2 Japano-martyrology as Religious Literature 51 1 Religious Literature and Religious Practices 51 2 The Institutional Contexts of Religious Literature: Towards a “New Perspective” on Institutional History 59 Chapter 3 The Production and Circulation of Martyrological and Near-Martyrological Books, 1598–1700 69 1 Introduction 69 2 “Making them Count”: A Methodological Note on Assessing the Production and Circulation of Martyrological and Near-Martyrological Books 70 3 Religious Affiliation and the Production of Martyrological and Near-Martyrological Works 78 4 Religious Affiliation, Languages of Publication, and Linguistic Paths of Dissemination 85 5 Religious Affiliation, Places of Publication, and Geographical Paths of Dissemination 92 Chapter 4 Authors and Their Institutional Contexts 97 1 Frequently Published Authors 97 2 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Jesuits 102 3 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Dominicans 114 4 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Discalced Franciscans 118 5 Missionary Religious Orders, Specialized Offices, and Publication History: The Society of Jesus and the Office of the Procurator General in the Spanish Court 122 Chapter 5 Publishers, Missionaries, and Publication Portfolios: The Dissemination of Japano-martyrology in Southern Europe 127 1 Publishers, Missionaries, and Publication Portfolios 127 2 From Periphery to Center and to Periphery Again: Italian Publishers and the Dissemination of Japano-martyrology 131 3 Manila as a Publication Center of Japano-martyrology 137 4 From Manila to Naples: Books of Japano-martyrology and Dominican Links with the Neapolitan Viceregal Court 141 5 From Manila to Cádiz: Publishing of Japano-martyrology and the Recruitment of Mendicant Missionaries 143 6 From Manila to Southern Spain: Melchor Manzano’s Relación verdadera, the Publisher Miguel Sorolla, and Dominican Publishing in Valencia 149 Part 2 Jesuits, Discalced Franciscans, and the Production of Japano-martyrology in the Early Modern Spanish World 159 Chapter 6 The Martyrs of Japan, Exemplarity, and Post-Tridentine Spirituality and Missions in Luis de Guzmán’s Historia de las misiones 161 1 Luis de Guzmán, S.J. (1543–1605): Chronicler of the Society of Jesus 161 2 Luis de Guzmán: Institutional Career 163 3 The Historia de las misiones and the “Exemplary Lives” of Japanese Christianity 179 4 The Historia de las misiones and the Dissemination of Post-Tridentine Catholic Spirituality 182 5 The Historia de las misiones and the Formation of New Missionaries 188 Chapter 7 Excursus: How and When Was Guzmán’s Historia de las misiones “Reclassified” from History of Missions to Travel Literature? 192 1 Guzmán’s Historia de las misiones as a History of Missions 192 2 The Uses of Historia de las misiones as Ecclesiastical History, History of Missions, and Biographical Writing 193 3 The “Reclassification” of Guzmán’s Historia de las misiones as Travel Literature 198 4 Historia de la misiones as Mission History: The Case of Jesuit Missions in the Philippines 201 Chapter 8 Father Luis Piñeiro, S.J., the Tridentine Economy of Relics, and the Defense of the Jesuit Missionary Enterprise in Tokugawa Japan 213 1 Introduction 213 2 The Tridentine Economy of Relics 214 3 Piñeiro, the Crisis of 1614, and the Defense of the Jesuit Missions in Japan 222 4 Japan and the “English Schism” 225 5 The Veneration of Saints and the Tridentine Character of the Jesuit Missions in Japan 227 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) 233 1 Felipe de las Casas Martínez: Martyr of Japan 233 2 Origins and Institutional Development of the Discalced Franciscans 236 2.1 The Alcantarines 238 2.2 The Organizational Inner Logic of Discalced Franciscan Missions 243 2.3 The Missionary Reach of the Discalced Franciscans 249 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) 252 1 Medina: Chronicler of the Discalced Franciscan Reform in New Spain 252 2 Baltasar de Medina and Juan Araus’ Vision of the Apotheosis of Felipe de Jesús in the First Edition of Vida, martyrio, y beatificación 263 Conclusion 273 1 Martyrological Bifurcation: Or the Magnification of European Martyrdom and the Eclipse of Japanese Martyrdom 273 Selected Bibliography: Works of Japano-Martyrology Published ca. 1598–1700 281 1598 281 1599 282 1600 283 1601 283 1602 283 1604 283 1605 284 1606 284 1607 284 1608 285 1609 285 1610 286 1611 286 1612 286 1613 287 1614 287 1615 287 1616 288 1617 288 1618 288 1619 289 1620 290 1621 290 1622 291 1623 291 1624 291 1625 292 1626 293 1627 294 1628 295 1629 298 1630 299 1631 300 1632 300 1633 301 1634 302 1635 302 1636 303 1637 303 1638 303 1639 304 1640 304 1641 305 1642 305 1643 305 1644 306 1645 306 1646 307 1647 307 1648 308 1649 308 1650 308 1651 308 1652 309 1653 309 1655 309 1656 310 1657 310 1659 310 1660 310 1661 310 1662 311 1663 311 1665 311 1666 312 1667 312 1668 312 1669 312 1671 313 1672 313 1673 313 1674 313 1675 313 1676 314 1677 314 1678 314 1679 315 1680 315 1681 315 1682 316 1683 316 1684 316 1685 317 1687 317 1688 317 1689 317 1690 318 1691 318 1693 318 1694 319 1696 319 1697 319 1698 319 Index 320 "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