Martyrs 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
Martyrdom
Martyrs -- England -- History -- To 1500
Christianity and politics -- England -- History -- To 1500