The Burning Time : : Henry Viii, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London
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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 burningmartyrs".
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PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: xvi, 459 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781250040640 : HRD
1250040647 : HRD
SUBJECTS
Christian martyrs -- London -- History -- 16th century.
Christian heretics -- London -- History -- 16th century.
Martyrdom -- History -- 16th century.
Persecution -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Smithfield (London, England) -- History -- 16th century.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553.
Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558.
England -- Church history -- 16th century.