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The English martyr from reformation to revolution / Alice Dailey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dailey, Alice.
- Series:
- ND Reformations : Medieval and Early Modern
- ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martyrdom in literature.
- Martyrdom--Christianity--History.
- Martyrdom.
- Martyrs in literature.
- Martyrs--England.
- Martyrs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dailey explores the development of English martyr literature through Reformation religious controversy in sixteenth and seventeenth century England.
- Contents:
- Medieval models: the golden legend and the corpus christi passion plays
- New actors in an old drama: the martyrology of John Foxe
- Secular law and catholic dissidence: the case of Edmund Campion
- "The finger of God is heere": counter-reformation martyrs and miracles
- "This deceitfull arte": Catholic martyrdom in the age of the Jesuits
- Beyond typology: King Charles and the martyrdom of conscience.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780268077785
- 0268077789
- OCLC:
- 823040710
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