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Martyrs and Martyrdom in England, C.1400-1700

Martyrs and Martyrdom in England, C.1400-1700

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History, Book 15

Religion General General World History

ISBN10: 1843832909
ISBN13: 9781843832904
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: Apr 19 2007
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.23
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
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.

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