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Format:

Book

Author:

Rounding, Virginia, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2017.

Description:

xvi, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

Subjects:

Christian martyrs -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.

Christian heretics -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.

Martyrdom -- Christianity -- 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.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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".

LCCN:

2017023617

ISBN:

9781250040640

1250040647

* 9781466836242

9781250040640

Other Number:

967077639

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Control Number:

706518

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Call Number:

272.6 Rounding