Martyrs and Martyrologies

Martyrs and Martyrologies Papers Read at the 1992 Summer Meeting and the 1993 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society

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What is martyrdom, what are the political and cultural implications of martyr cults, and to what propagandist uses might they be put? Such questions are probed, from the women martyrs of the early church,through the medieval period -the little known martyrs of Anglo-Saxon England and Kievan Russia, as well as Thomas Becket -tothe martyr-saints of the Reformation. Some modern material.

Book information

ISBN: 9780631188681
Publisher: Published for the Ecclesiastical History Society by Blackwell Publishers
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Pub date:
DEWEY: 272
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 497
Weight: 753g
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 42mm