Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 262 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 558 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 262 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 558 g
Reihe: Studies in Modern British Religious History
ISBN: 978-1-84383-290-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
A fresh examination of the idea of martyrdom in the transition from the medieval to the modern periods.
Concepts of Christian martyrdom changed greatly in England from the late middle ages through the early modern era. The variety of paradigms of Christian martyrdom (with, for example, virginity or asceticism perceived as alternateforms of martyrdom) that existed in the late medieval period, came to be replaced during the English Reformation with a single dominant idea of martyrdom: that of violent death endured for orthodox religion. Yet during the seventeenth century another transformation in conceptions of martyrdom took place, as those who died on behalf of overtly political causes came to be regarded as martyrs, indistinguishable from those who died for Christ.
The articles in this book explore these seminal changes across the period from 1400-1700, analyzing the political, social and religious backgrounds to these developments. While much that has been written on martyrs, martyrdom and martyrologies has tended to focus on those who died for a particular confession or cause, this book shows how the concepts of martyrdom were shaped, altered and re-shaped through the interactions between these groups.
THOMAS S. FREEMAN is Research Officer at the British Academy John Foxe Project, which is affiliated with the University of Sheffield; THOMAS F. MAYER is Professor of History at Augustana College.
Contributors: JOHN COFFEY, BRAD S.GREGORY, VICTOR HOULISTON, ANDREW LACEY, DANNA PIROYANSKY, RICHARD REX, ALEC RYRIE, WILLIAM WIZEMAN
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
Weitere Infos & Material
Over Their Dead Bodies: Concepts of Martyrdom in Late Medieval and Early Modern England - Thomas S. Freeman
Imitatio Christi with a Vengeance: The Politicization of Martyrdom in Early Modern England - Thomas S. Freeman
`Thus May a Man be a Martyr': The Notion, Language and Experiences of Martyrdom in Late Medieval England - Danna Piroyansky
Which is Wyche? Lollardy and Sanctity in Lancastrian London -
Saints and Martyrs in Tyndale and More - Brad Gregory
Becket's Bones Burnt! Cardinal Pole and the Invention and Dissemination of an Atrocity - Thomas Mayer
`A Saynt in the Devyls Name': Heroes and Villains in the Martyrdom of Robert Barnes - Alec Ryrie
Martyrs and Anti-martyrs and Mary Tudor's Church - William Wizeman
Robert Persons's Comfortable History of England - Victor Houliston
`Charles the First and Christ the Second': The Creation of a Political Martyr - Andrew Lacey
The Martyrdom of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: From Apocalyptic Witness to Heroic Whig - John Coffey
