Martyrdom : canonisation, contestation and afterlives / edited by Ihab Saloul and Jan Willem van Henten.

The phenomenon of martyrdom is more than 2000 years old but, as contemporary events show, still very much alive. This book examines the canonisation, contestation and afterlives of martyrdom and connects these with cross-cultural acts and practices of remembrance. Martyrdom appeals to the imaginatio...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors:	Saloul, Ihab (Editor), Henten, Jan Willem van, 1955- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Amsterdam, Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:	Heritage and memory studies.
Subjects:	Martyrdom. Canonization. Canonization Martyrdom