Martyrs and martyrologies : papers read at the 1992 Summer Meeting and the 1993 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society /
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Corporate author / creator: | Ecclesiastical History Society. Summer Meeting (1992 : University of Glasgow) |
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Imprint: | Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Published for the Ecclesiastical History Society by Blackwell Publishers, 1993. |
Description: | xviii, 497 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in church history 30 Studies in church history 30. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1515406 |
Summary: | 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. |
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Physical Description: | xviii, 497 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 0631188681 |