Bibliograph

The burning time, Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant martyrs of London, Virginia Rounding

Type

Label

The burning time, Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant martyrs of London, Virginia Rounding

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The burning time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

967077639

Responsibility statement

Virginia Rounding

Sub title

Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant martyrs of London

Summary

Offers an account of the religious persecutions in England under Henry VIII and his daughter, Mary, with a focus on the lives of Baron Richard Rich, who played a role in the persecutions, and John Deane, who managed to avoid them throughout the period

Table Of Contents

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 burning martyrs"

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