AuthorPiroyansky, Danna, 1974-
TitleMartyrs in the making : political martyrdom in late medieval England / Danna Piroyansky
Imprint Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Descript xi, 205 p. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Martyrdom in religious ideas and practices -- Martyrdom between orthodoxy and heterodoxy -- Metaphorical use of martyrdom -- Thomas, Earl of Lancaster: Christ's knight -- Archbishop Richard Scrope: shepherd of the people -- King Henry VI: glory of innocence -- A death worth a martyr's crown: other martyrs and their cults


SUBJECT

  1. Martyrdom
  2. Martyrs -- England -- History -- To 1500
  3. Christianity and politics -- England -- History -- To 1500
  4. England -- Church history -- Middle Ages
  5. 600-1500

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