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Martyrs in the making : political martyrdom in late medieval England / Danna Piroyansky.
| Author/creator | Piroyansky, Danna, 1974- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | xi, 205 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Mapping martyrdom -- Martyrdom in religious ideas and practices -- Martyrdom between orthodoxy and heterodoxy -- Metaphorical use of martyrdom -- Thomas Earl of Lancaster : Christ's knight -- From condemnation to cure : cult chronology -- Lancastrian affinities -- Chivalry -- Justice and injustice -- Archbishop Richard Scrope : shepherd of the people -- Cult chronology : saint or martyr? -- The bishop's roles -- Scrope and the city of York -- King Henry VI : glory of innocence -- Cult chronology : from Chertsey to Windsor -- Posthumous popularity -- Royal imagery -- Protector against the plague -- Patron of learning -- A holy innocent -- The political idiom of suffering -- A death worth a martyr's crown : other martyrs and their cults -- Kings -- Bishops -- Barons -- Conclusion -- Cult creation -- Cult purposes -- Martyrdom : 'old' versus 'new'? -- Shared and distinctive traits -- The English church. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-192) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007052970 |
| ISBN | 0230516920 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230516922 (hardback : alk. paper) |