Martyrs and martyrdom in England, c.1400-1700
By: edited by Thomas S. Freeman and Thomas F. Mayer.
Contributors: Freeman, Thomas S., 1959-; Mayer, Thomas F. 1951-
Series: Studies in modern British religious history -- v. 15
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Woodbridge, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781843832904
Subjects: Martyrdom -- Christianity -- History.; Martelaarschap; Christendom.; Great Britain -- Church history.; Engeland.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Imitatio Christi with a vengeance': the politicisation of martyrdom in early-modern England / Thomas S. Freeman; title: 'Thus may a man be a martyr': the notion, language and experiences of martyrdom in late-medieval England / Danna Piroyansky; title: Which is wyche? Lollardy and sanctity in Lancastrian London / Richard Rex; title: Saints and martyrs in Tyndale and more / Brad Gregory; title: Becket's bones burnt! Cardinal Pole and the invention and dissemination of an atrocity / Thomas F. Mayer; title: 'A saynt in the deuyls name': heroes and villains in the martyrdom of Robert Barnes / Alec Ryrie; title: Martyrs and anti-martyrs and Mary Tudor's church / William Wizeman, SJ; title: Robert Person's comfortable history of England / Victor Houliston; title: 'Charles the First, and Christ the second': the creation of a political martyr / Andrew Lacey; title: The martyrdom of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: from apocalyptic witness to heroic Whig / John Coffey.