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Autore |
Lake Peter |
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Titolo |
The trials of Margaret Clitherow : persecution, martyrdom and the politics of sanctity in Elizabethan England / / Peter Lake and Michael Questier |
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London ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-8264-3153-4 |
1-4411-0092-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; The Radicalization of the Mid-Elizabethan Catholics; The Quarrels of the English Catholic Community; The Reckoning: Arrest, Trial and Execution; Mrs Clitherow and the English Catholic Community after 1586; Thomas Bell's Revenge and the 1591 Proclamation; Epilogue: Margaret Clitherow and the English Reformation; Notes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 sixteen |
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