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Trials of Margaret Clitherow : persecution, martyrdom and the politics of sanctity in Elizabethan England /
The story of Margaret Clitherow represents one of the most important yet troubling events in post-Reformation history. Her trial, execution and subsequent legend have provoked controversy ever since she became a cause celebre in the time of Elizabeth I. Through extensive new research into the contem...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The story of Margaret Clitherow represents one of the most important yet troubling events in post-Reformation history. Her trial, execution and subsequent legend have provoked controversy ever since she became a cause celebre in the time of Elizabeth I. Through extensive new research into the contemporary accounts of her arrest and trial the authors have pieced together a new reading of the surrounding events. The result is a work which considers the question of religious sainthood and martyrdom as well as the relationship between society, the state and the Church in Britain during the sixteenth century. They establish the full ideological significance of the trial and demonstrate that the politics of post-Reformation British society cannot be understood without the wider local, national and international contexts in which they occurred. This is a major contribution to our understanding of both English Catholicism and the Protestant regime of the Elizabethan period. - Publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 244 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441100924 144110092X |