Martyrs and martyrdom in England, c.1400-1700 / edited by Thomas S. Freeman and Thomas F. Mayer.

Other author Freeman, Thomas S., 1959-
Other author Mayer, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1951-2014.
Format Book
Publication InfoWoodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2007.
Descriptionx, 249 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in modern British religious history ; v. 15, 1464-6625 ;
Studies in modern British religious history v. 15. ^A413839
Contents 'Imitatio Christi with a vengeance': the politicisation 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 / Richard Rex -- Saints and martyrs in Tyndale and more / Brad Gregory -- Becket's bones burnt! Cardinal Pole and the invention and dissemination of an atrocity / Thomas F. Mayer -- 'A saynt in the deuyls name': heroes and villains in the martyrdom of Robert Barnes / Alec Ryrie -- Martyrs and anti-martyrs and Mary Tudor's church / William Wizeman, SJ -- Robert Person'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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007297761
ISBN9781843832904 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1843832909 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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