Martyrs in the Making: Political Martyrdom in Late Medieval England

ISBN-13: 9780230516922 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 205 str.

Danna Piroyansky

Opis

Gary Burn examines how in 1950s London, City bankers invented a new form of money and escaped offshore, beyond the jurisdiction of monetary authority. This most momentous financial innovation since the bank note, paved the way for globalization. It was a first shot in the neo-liberal counter-revolution against the Keynesian welfare state. This is the story of the Eurodollar and the re-emergence of global capital. It tells how the City discarded sterling and reclaimed its historic role as the world's foremost financial centre.

Recenzje

'Piroyansky makes good use of chronicles and hagiographies as well as prayers and poems but she also effectively utilises manuscript illuminations, paintings, sculpture and stained glass windows. In doing so, Piroyansky has provided the fullest account of the political martyrs and their cults. Some of her observations and arguments have important ramifications for understanding the process of canonisation and cult formation in late medieval Europe. This volume should be read by anyone interested not only in martyrdom and sanctity but in late medieval Christianity itself... This volume should be read by anyone interested not only in martyrdom and sanctity but in late medieval Christianity itself.'

- Thomas S. Freeman, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Spis treści

Introduction Mapping Martyrdom Thomas Earl of Lancaster: Christ's Knight Archbishop Richard Scrope: Shepherd of the People King Henry VI: Glory of Innocence 'A Death Worth a Martyr's Crown': Other Martyrs and Their Cults Conclusion Bibliography

O autorze

DANNA PIROYANSKY  is a graduate of the University of London, UK (2005). She has published several articles in the field of late medieval English political culture, and teaches medieval history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is now working on her second book.