Martyrs and Martyrdom in England, c.1400-1700

A fresh examination of the idea of martyrdom in the transition from the medieval to the modern periods.

List of contents

Over Their Dead Bodies: Concepts of Martyrdom in Late Medieval and Early Modern England - Thomas S. Freeman
Imitatio Christi with a Vengeance: The Politicization of Martyrdom in Early Modern England - Thomas S. Freeman
`Thus May a Man be a Martyr': The Notion, Language and Experiences of Martyrdom in Late Medieval England - Danna Piroyansky
Which is Wyche? Lollardy and Sanctity in Lancastrian London -
Saints and Martyrs in Tyndale and More - Brad Gregory
Becket's Bones Burnt! Cardinal Pole and the Invention and Dissemination of an Atrocity - Thomas Mayer
`A Saynt in the Devyls Name': Heroes and Villains in the Martyrdom of Robert Barnes - Alec Ryrie
Martyrs and Anti-martyrs and Mary Tudor's Church - William Wizeman
Robert Persons's Comfortable History of England - Victor Houliston
`Charles the First and Christ the Second': The Creation of a Political Martyr - Andrew Lacey
The Martyrdom of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: From Apocalyptic Witness to Heroic Whig - John Coffey

Product details

• Authors: Thomas S. Freeman
• Assisted by: Thomas S Freeman (Editor), Thomas S. Freeman (Editor), Thomas Mayer (Editor), Thomas (Author) Mayer (Editor), Thomas F. Mayer (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2007
• EAN: 9781843832904
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-290-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Series: Studies in Modern British Reli; Studies in Modern British Religious History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous