Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-416) and index.
Contents
The debate over definition -- Socrates : the genesis of martyrdom -- The Maccabees and the doctrine of suffering -- Jesus of Nazareth : "Follow me" -- The early Christian martyrs : "My lady" Perpetua -- Thomas Becket and the honor of God -- Sir Thomas More : "A hero of selfhood" -- The Marian martyrs : group identity through self-destruction -- Charles I : martyr by act of Parliament -- John Brown : "Let them hang me" -- Mahatma Gandhi : school for martyrs -- The twentieth-century martyr : an endangered species? -- Epilogue : The disinterested martyr.
