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The politics of Anglican martyrdom : letters to John Walker, 1704–1705
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Neufeld, Matthew. (2011) The politics of Anglican martyrdom : letters to John Walker, 1704–1705. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol.62 (No.3). pp. 491-514. ISSN 1469-7637
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022046909991370
Abstract
This article explores the political significance of past Christian suffering at the dawn of the Augustan era
through an analysis of correspondence containing accounts of hardships endured by conforming clergymen
during the English civil wars and Interregnum. The politics of martyrdom to be derived from letters to John
Walker was grounded on the correspondents’ conviction that their epistles conveyed accounts of sequestered
clergymen and their families who had suffered for their profession of Christian truth. The persecutions that
loyal clergy had endured during the 1640s and 1650s were signs that the Church by law established, both
then and now, was the true English Church. Furthermore, as documentary witnesses to oral testimonies
which identified the genuine sufferers for Christian truth within recent memory, the epistles themselves
aspired to be martyrological relics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History > Centre for the History of Medicine Faculty of Arts > History |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Martyrdom -- Christianity, Great Britain -- Church history -- 17th century, Anglican Communion -- Clergy -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Ecclesiastical History |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Official Date: | July 2011 |
| Volume: | Vol.62 |
| Number: | No.3 |
| Page Range: | pp. 491-514 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0022046909991370 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/35931 |
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