Tyburn’s Martyrs: Execution in England, 1675–1775 9781472599513

Virgin Martyrs: Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England 9781501711572

Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated duri

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Desiring Martyrs: Locating Martyrs in Space and Time 9783110682632, 9783110682489

Martyrs create space and time through the actions they take, the fate they suffer, the stories they prompt, the cultural

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Desiring Martyrs: Locating Martyrs in Space and Time 9783110682632, 9783110682489

Martyrs create space and time through the actions they take, the fate they suffer, the stories they prompt, the cultural

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Martyrs in Asia 8840150536, 9788840150536

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A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle: Women and Public Execution in Early Modern England 0817321322, 9780817321321

A study of the depictions of women’s executions in Renaissance England   A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle: Women and Publ

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Lay Saints: Martyrs 9780895558480

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History of the Martyrs in Palestine 9781463231408

This volume contains William Cureton’s English translation of Eusebius of Caesarea’s History of the Martyrs in Palestine

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Making Martyrs in Late Antiquity 9780715632857, 071563285X

Making Martyrs focuses on both artistic and textual representations to investigate the making of martyrs in the fourth-

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Execution Eve 9780882824581

In a story reminiscent of Dead Man Walking, the murder of golf star Marion Miley enraged the nation. People were finally

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Execution 9780307591463, 2002018743

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