The burning time : the story of the Smithfield martyrs / Virginia Rounding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rounding, Virginia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian martyrs--England--London--History.

Christian martyrs.

Persecution--England--London--History.

Persecution.

History.

Smithfield (London, England)--History.

Smithfield (London, England).

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Religion.

Religion.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xvi, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

"[This] is a unique insight into an era in which what was orthodoxy one year might be dangerous heresy the next. The first martyrs were Catholics, who cleaved to Rome in defiance of Henry VIII's break with the papacy. But with the accession of Henry's daughter, Mary - soon nicknamed 'Bloody Mary' - the charge of heresy was instead levelled against staunch Protestants. At the centre of ... [this] account of this extraordinary period are two very diffeent characters. The first is Thomas Cromwell's protégé, Richard Rich, who, almost uniquely, remainesd in a position of great power, influence, and wealth under three Tudor monarchs, and who sent many devout men and women to their deaths. The second os John Deane, Rector of St. Bartholomew's, who was able, somehwo, to navigate the teacherous waters of changing dogma and help others to survive."--Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Setting the scene

1. Boiling, burning and ambition

2. Fuel for the fire

3. The making of martyrs

4. Recantations and reversals

5. Dissolution and discipline

6. 'Lo, faithless men against me rise'

7. Denunciations and near-escapes

8. Protestantism in the ascendant

9. 'Turn, and turn, and turn again'

10. Dominicans in Smithfield

11. Ceremonies of martyrdom

12. 'I will pay my vows to thee, O Smithfield'

13. Matters of conscience

14. Constancy and conflagration

Epilogue: 'By the light of burning martyrs'

Chronology.

Notes:

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-442) and index.

ISBN:

9780230772311

0230772315

0230772382

9780230772380

OCLC:

959593924

Publisher Number:

99974106821