Title The burning time : Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant martyrs of London / Virginia Rounding.

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New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2017.

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Edition	First U.S. edition.
Description	xvi, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color ; 25 cm
Note	First published in Great Britain by Macmillan.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: setting the scene -- Boiling, burning and ambition -- Fuel for the fire -- The making of martyrs -- Recantations and reversals -- Dissolution and discipline -- "Lo, faithless men against me rise" -- Denunciations and near-escapes -- Protestantism in the ascendant -- "Turn, and turn, and turn again" -- Dominicans in Smithfield -- Ceremonies of martyrdom -- "I will pay my vows to thee, oh Smithfield" -- Matters of conscience -- Constancy and conflagration -- Epilogue: "By the light of burning martyrs".
Summary	Offers an account of the religious persecutions in England under Henry VIII and his daughter, Mary, with a focus on the lives of Baron Richard Rich, who played a role in the persecutions, and John Deane, who managed to avoid them throughout the period.
Subject	Christian martyrs -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
	Christian heretics -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
	Smithfield (London, England) -- History -- 16th century.
	Martyrdom -- Christianity -- History -- 16th century.
	Persecution -- England -- History -- 16th century.
	Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
	Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553.
	Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558.
	England -- Church history -- 16th century.
	Christian heretics. (OCoLC)fst01727965
	Christian martyrs. (OCoLC)fst00859342
	Martyrdom -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst01010907
	Persecution. (OCoLC)fst01058354
	England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
	England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
	England -- London -- Smithfield. (OCoLC)fst01315137
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term	1500-1599
Genre/Form	Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9781250040640 (hardcover)
	1250040647 (hardcover)
	9781466836242 (ebook)

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