Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-228) and index.
The power of the martyrs -- The struggle between evil and good -- Resurrecting the flesh -- Magic and the warrior martyr -- Dreams and visions -- Misplaced anger: the growth of anti-semitism -- How martyrs became mothers and mothersbecame martyrs -- The blood of sacrifice -- Controlling the martyrs -- Revolutionary martyrs: good versus evil again -- Controlling the message: accounts of Vincent the Martyr -- "You shall not kill [yourself]": prohibiting suicide.
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Blood of martyrs.
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Christian martyrs.
Martyrdom-- Christianity-- History of doctrines-- Early church, ca. 30-600.