Martyrs in the making
Subtitle: political martyrdom in late medieval England
By: Danna Piroyansky.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230516922
Subjects: Martyrdom; Martyrs -- England -- History -- To 1500; Christianity and politics -- England -- History -- To 1500; England -- Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mapping martyrdom; title: Martyrdom in religious ideas and practices; title: Martyrdom between orthodoxy and heterodoxy; title: Metaphorical use of martyrdom; title: Thomas Earl of Lancaster : Christ's knight; title: From condemnation to cure : cult chronology; title: Lancastrian affinities; title: Chivalry; title: Justice and injustice; title: Archbishop Richard Scrope : shepherd of the people; title: Cult chronology : saint or martyr?; title: The bishop's roles; title: Scrope and the city of York; title: King Henry VI : glory of innocence; title: Cult chronology : from Chertsey to Windsor; title: Posthumous popularity; title: A holy innocent; title: The political idiom of suffering; title: A death worth a martyr's crown : other martyrs and their cults; title: Kings, bishops, barons; title: Conclusion; title: Cult creation; title: Cult purposes; title: Martyrdom : old versus new; title: Shared and distinctive traits; title: The English church.