| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color ; 25 cm |
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| Note |
First published in Great Britain by Macmillan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: setting the scene -- Boiling, burning and ambition -- Fuel for the fire -- The making of martyrs -- Recantations and reversals -- Dissolution and discipline -- "Lo, faithless men against me rise" -- Denunciations and near-escapes -- Protestantism in the ascendant -- "Turn, and turn, and turn again" -- Dominicans in Smithfield -- Ceremonies of martyrdom -- "I will pay my vows to thee, oh Smithfield" -- Matters of conscience -- Constancy and conflagration -- Epilogue: "By the light of burning martyrs". |
| Summary |
Offers an account of the religious persecutions in England under Henry VIII and his daughter, Mary, with a focus on the lives of Baron Richard Rich, who played a role in the persecutions, and John Deane, who managed to avoid them throughout the period. |
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Christian martyrs -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
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Christian heretics -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
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Smithfield (London, England) -- History -- 16th century.
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Martyrdom -- Christianity -- History -- 16th century.
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Persecution -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
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Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553.
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Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558.
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England -- Church history -- 16th century.
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| ISBN |
9781250040640 (hardcover) |
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1250040647 (hardcover) |
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