Title: Martyrdom and persecution in the early church; a study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus,
Authors: Frend, W. H. C.
Publisher: New York University Press,
Year: 1967
Subjects: Persecution History; Persecution History
Contents: Introduction -- 1. The martyrs of Lyons -- 2. Judaism and martyrdom -- 3. Martyrdom in the New Testament period -- 4. Rome and foreign cults -- 5. The legacy of the Hellenistic East to A.D. 41 -- 6. The Church and the World to A.D. 70 -- 7. Old Israel and New, 70-135 -- 8. Lord Caesar of Lord Christ, 70-138? -- 9. The false dawn, 135-165 -- 10. The years of crisis, 165-180 -- 11. The turn of the tide, 180-235 -- 12. The great divide : Alexandria, Carthage and Rome, 190-240 -- 13. Decius -- 14. The triumph of Christianity, 260-303 -- 15. The great persecution, 303-312 -- 16. What has the Emperor to do with the Church? , 312-361 -- Conclusion.