Salvation at Stake
Subtitle: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe (Harvard Historical Studies)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: December 3, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780674785519
Subjects: Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Religious conflict; Reformation; Europe - General; Religion - Church History; Reformation (1517-1648); Martyrdom; History: World; Europe; History; Christianity - General; Christianity - History - General; History / Europe / Western; Christianity; 16th century; Christian martyrs; History of doctrines
Description: "Brad Gregory explores Protestant, Catholic, and Anabaptist martyrs in a sustained fashion, addressing the similarities and differences in their self-understanding. He traces the processes and impact of their memorialization by co-believers, and he reconstructs the arguments of the ecclesiastical and civil authorities responsible for their deaths.

In addition, he assesses the controversy over the meaning of executions for competing views of Christian truth and the intractable dispute over the distinction between true and false martyrs."--BOOK JACKET.