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MARTYRS AND MARTYROLOGY
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| By: |
Diana Wood (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£50.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0631188681 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780631188681 |
| Publisher: |
BOYDELL & BREWER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
9 January, 1997 |
| Series: |
Studies in Church History v.30 |
| Pages: |
520 |
| Description: |
Covers a range of topics, from the women martyrs of the Early Church, through the medieval period and on to martyr-saints of the Reformation and to martyrdom in the African Church in the 20th century. The martyrologists also feature prominently - writers such as the Venerable Bede and John Foxe. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
1 colour, 4 black and white, |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
D.S. Brewer |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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