Martyrs' Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England

Martyrs' Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England
ISBN-10
0199743118
ISBN-13
9780199743117
Category
History
Pages
218
Language
English
Published
2011-10-10
Publisher
OUP USA
Author
Adrian Chastain Weimer

Description

This book examines the folklore of martyrdom in early New England, exploring how Protestants imagined themselves within historical narratives of persecution. Memories of martyrdom, especially stories of those killed under Queen Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, were central to a model of holiness and political legitimacy in the New World.

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