Martyrs' Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England
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Martyrs' Mirror examines the folklore of martyrdom among seventeenth-century New England Protestants, exploring how they imagined themselves within biblical and historical narratives of persecution. Memories of martyrdom, especially stories of the Protestants killed during the reign of Queen Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, were central to a model of holiness and political legitimacy. The colonists of early New England drew on this historical imagination...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199390959
ISBN13:9780199390953
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.4"
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