Martyrs in the making: political martyrdom in late medieval England
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke, Hampshire [u.a.]
Palgrave Macmillan
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | Martyrs in the making. Political martyrdom in late medieval England. By Danna Piroyansky. Pp. xi+205. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. £45. 978 0 230 51692 2 (2010) (Freeman, Thomas S.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Politics
/ Church
/ Martyr
/ History 1050-1550
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| Further subjects: | B
Christianity and politics (England)
History To 1500
B Martyrs (England) History To 1500 B Thesis B Martyrdom |
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Publisher description Table of contents only |
| Item Description: | Mapping martyrdom -- Martyrdom in religious ideas and practices -- Martyrdom between orthodoxy and heterodoxy -- Metaphorical use of martyrdom -- Thomas Earl of Lancaster : Christ's knight -- From condemnation to cure : cult chronology -- Lancastrian affinities -- Chivalry -- Justice and injustice -- Archbishop Richard Scrope : shepherd of the people -- Cult chronology : saint or martyr? -- The bishop's roles -- Scrope and the city of York -- King Henry VI : glory of innocence -- Cult chronology : from Chertsey to Windsor -- Posthumous popularity -- A holy innocent -- The political idiom of suffering -- A death worth a martyr's crown : other martyrs and their cults -- Kings, bishops, barons -- Conclusion -- Cult creation -- Cult purposes -- Martyrdom : old versus new -- Shared and distinctive traits -- The English church Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| ISBN: | 0230516920 |