Salvation at stake : Christian martyrdom in early modern Europe
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Salvation at stake : Christian martyrdom in early modern Europe
(Harvard historical studies, v. 134)
Harvard University Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780674007048
内容説明
Thousands of men and women were executed for incompatible religious views in sixteenth-century Europe. The meaning and significance of those deaths are studied here comparatively for the first time, providing a compelling argument for the importance of martyrdom as both a window onto religious sensibilities and a crucial component in the formation of divergent Christian traditions and identities.
Brad S. Gregory explores Protestant, Catholic, and Anabaptist martyrs in a sustained fashion, addressing the similarities and differences in their self-understanding. He traces the processes and impact of their memorialization by co-believers, and he reconstructs the arguments of the ecclesiastical and civil authorities responsible for their deaths. In addition, he assesses the controversy over the meaning of executions for competing views of Christian truth, and the intractable dispute over the distinction between true and false martyrs. He employs a wide range of sources, including pamphlets, martyrologies, theological and devotional treatises, sermons, songs, woodcuts and engravings, correspondence, and legal records. Reconstructing religious motivation, conviction, and behavior in early modern Europe, Gregory shows us the shifting perspectives of authorities willing to kill, martyrs willing to die, martyrologists eager to memorialize, and controversialists keen to dispute.
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A Note on Translations and Orthography A Complex of Martyrs On Understanding Early Modern Christianity The Nature of the Martyrological Sources The Course of Exposition The Late Medieval Inheritance The Absence and Presence of Martyrs in the Late Middle Ages Suffering Patiently, Dying Well, and the Passion of Christ Christian Martyrs outside the Church in the Late Middle Ages The Willingness to Kill Prosecuting Religious Criminals The Duty of Intolerance The Trajectory of Argumentation Laws, Institutions, and the Contingencies of Practice The Willingness to Die The Poverty of Theory Foundations: Faith and Scripture Contemporary Communities: Social Support and Sustenance Historical Communities: Pedigrees of the Persecuted Prison Activities: Practicing the Beliefs The Art of Dying Well Witnesses for the Gospel: Protestants and Martyrdom The Early Evangelical Martyrs and Emergent Protestant Identity Avoiding Idolatry, Following Christ: Convictions to Die For The Midcentury Martyrologies The Protestant Martyrologies in National Contexts Nachfolge Christi: Anabaptists and Martyrdom Muntzer to Munster: Forging an Anabaptist Martyrological Mentality Anabaptist Martyrs in the Low Countries The Transformation of the Dutch Mennonite Martyrological Tradition The New Saints: Roman Catholics and Martyrdom Defensive Martyrdom: The Henrician Catholics The Passion for Passion in Post-Tridentine Catholicism The Role of the Martyrs in Catholic Devotional Life The Conflict of Interpretations The Weaknesses of Nondoctrinal Criteria "Not the Punishment, but the Cause, Makes a Martyr" Implications and Conclusions Conclusion: A Shared and Shattered Worldview Appendix Notes Index
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ISBN 9780674785519
内容説明
Thousands of men and women were executed for incompatible religious views in 16th-century Europe. The meaning and significance of those deaths are studied here comparatively, providing an argument for the importance of martydom as both a window onto religious sensibilities, and a crucial component in the fomation of divergent Christian traditions and indentities. Brad Gregory explores Protestant, Catholic and Anabaptist martyrs in a sustained fashion, addressing the similarites and differences in their self-understanding. He traces the processes and impact of their memorialization by co-believers, and he reconstructs the arguments of the ecclesiastical and civil authorities responsible for their deaths. He employs a wide range of sources, including pamphlets, martyrologies, theological and devotional treatises, sermons, songs, woodcuts and engravings, correspondence and legal records. Reconstructing religious motivation, conviction and behaviour in early modern Europe, this text shows the shifting perspectives of authorities willing to kill, martyrs willing to die, martyrologists eager to memorialize and controversialists keen to dispute.
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