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008    960823s1997    nyua     b    001 0ceng   
010       96038582 
020    0679451242 
035    (OCoLC)35364697 
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049    GPIA 
050 00 BL626.5|b.S65 1997 
082 00 179/.7|220 
100 1  Smith, Lacey Baldwin,|d1922-2013. 
245 10 Fools, martyrs, traitors :|bthe story of martyrdom in the 
       Western world /|cLacey Baldwin Smith. 
264  1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c1997. 
300    ix, 433 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-416) and 
       index. 
505 0  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 
505 0  twentieth-century martyr : an endangered species? -- 
       Epilogue : The disinterested martyr. 
650  0 Martyrdom|xHistory. 
650  0 Martyrs|vBiography. 
650  0 Traitors|vBiography. 
898    qbibliographies|aqbiography 
910    CARL0001422409 
998  0 LDR504 OCLC 97/09/27  02:22:27