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Martyrs' mirror : persecution and holiness in early New England / Adrian Chastain Weimer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weimer, Adrian Chastain.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martyrdom--Christianity--History.
- Martyrdom.
- New England--Church history.
- New England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Martyrs' Mirror' examines the folklore of martyrdom among 17th-century New England Protestants, exploring how they imagined themselves within biblical and historical narratives of persecution.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Pure Persecuted Church; 1 Martyrs and Their Books; 2 The Lineage of Separatist Suffering; 3 Performances of Martyrdom in the Antinomian Controversy; 4 Baptists and the Identity of Persecution; 5 Quakers and the Witness of Suffering; 6 "Devilish Enemies of Religion" in King Philip's War; Conclusion: Pain, Power, and the Martyr Ideal; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-939095-9
- 9786613269836
- 0-19-987671-1
- 1-283-26983-X
- OCLC:
- 754997048
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