The death and afterlife of the North American martyrs /
In the 1640s eight Jesuits met a terrifying death at the hands of native antagonists. In 1930 they were canonized as North America's first saints. The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs illuminates these seminal acts of violence and charts their ever-changing, controversial legac...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2013.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | In the 1640s eight Jesuits met a terrifying death at the hands of native antagonists. In 1930 they were canonized as North America's first saints. The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs illuminates these seminal acts of violence and charts their ever-changing, controversial legacy, or "afterlife," across almost four centuries |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674726161 0674726162 0674727177 9780674727175 |