Un panthéon martyrial censuré par Isabelle II : enquête sur l’estampe « Víctimas de la causa popular » by Pierre Géal

“…As early as 1820, the liberals developed a martyrdom pantheon that provided their movement with heroic referents capable of embodying the values they defended, but also of stimulating the political commitment of their compatriots. …”
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Petit traité montrant que c’est que doit faire un homme fidèle connaissant la vérité de l’Evangile, quand il est entre les papistes (1543) : Jean Calvin et les nicodémites... by Vincent Parello

“…He exhorts them to follow the path of odedience to God, martyrdom o exile in Geneva. For Calvin, one can not be Catholic and Reformed at the same time, but one or the other.…”
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Ostrov Pereon a středoevropská misie kolem roku 1000 by Jan Stejskal

“…Adalbert (Vojtěch), the bishop of Prague and personal Otto’s friend, played the crucial role within the new imperial eastern policy. His martyrdom in pagan Prussia stimulated numerous missions to the Central Europe heavily supported by the emperor and also by the pope. …”
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Newman et la conscience dans son roman Callista et dans son sermon « Ce qui dispose à la foi » by Michel Durand

“…Whilst a number of theological themes emerge which give the novel an apologetic dimension—the authority of the Church, the importance of the priesthood, the nature of evil and sin, the importance of the liturgy and the significance of martyrdom amongst others—the key theme of the novel, and its chief centre of interest, is to be found in the theme of conversion—this time to Christianity itself—and the role played by conscience in this process, as illustrated in the character of the young Greek pagan, Callista.…”
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Ancient Christian care for prisoners: first and second centuries by T. Nicklas

“…The study explores material not only from the New Testament Gospels (Matt. 25; Luke 4) and Acts, but also from the Pauline Corpus and extra-canonical literature such as Ignatius of Antioch’s Epistles, later Acts of the Apostles, Martyrdom literature and even a passage from Lucian of Samosata’s Life of Peregrinus. …”
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Gavrilo Princip and street art: An example of ideological transformation by Lazarević-Radak Sanja

“…In this sense, the representations of the "moral winner" and the "protector of the fans" can be understood as subvariants of the notions of heroism and martyrdom belonging to the broader political context. …”
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A Review on the Theory of Imam Hossein's (AS) Uprising for Establishing a Government in the Book of Shahid Javid by Mohsen Ranjbar

“…This view which was raised in contrast to the view of "worship of martyrdom" led to a wave of protests and discontent in religious and clerical circles and Shiite preachers and has received much criticism from writers and even some scholars in the field in the past few decades in Iran. …”
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Shaping a Collective Identity through Self-Representation: Early Suffrage Autobiographies and the Militant Experience by Chloé Clément

“…The reproduction of imprisonments, hunger strikes or other militant actions assert defining characteristics of militant experience and contribute to emphasise a collective identity built upon self-sacrifice, devotion, and martyrdom. While these autobiographies demonstrate how the self-representation of individual experiences had a collective purpose and influence over a community, they also describe how notions of self-representation and collective identity are reciprocal. …”
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Some Customary Law Nuance on that Hagiography: Attempt of Interpretations by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Wojciech and St. Brunon of Querfurt martyrdom in Baltic lands.   The motives of murdering the missionaries let us think like that. …”
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<i>Turbat al-Ḥusayn</i>: Modern Presentation of an Early Shīʿī Practice by S. M. Hadi Gerami, Zinab Aghagolizadeh

“…Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, <i>turbat</i> was reinterpreted as a symbol of martyrdom and resistance, aligning with revolutionary ideologies and narratives that paralleled the sacrifices of Karbala with contemporary struggles. …”
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"Russiana gloriatur ecclesia" and the issue of St. Bruno's of Querfurt missions by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Bruno himself and to the insert, written by Peter Damian, describing the martyrdom of St. Bruno Boniface's (1009). It becomes clear in the research that St. …”
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