Secular Martyrdom in Britain and Ireland From Peterloo to the Present /
This edited collection examines the concept and nature of the 'people's martyrology', raising issues of class, community, religion and authority. It examines modern martyrdom through studies of Peterloo; Tolpuddle; Featherstone; Tonypandy; Emily Davison, fatally injured by the King�...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| ISBN: | 9783319629056 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. 'A Divine Discontent with Wrong': The People's Martyrology; Quentin Outram and Keith Laybourn
- 2. The Making of the Peterloo Martyrs, 1819 to the Present; Joseph Cozens
- 3. From 'Dorchester Labourers' to 'Tolpuddle Martyrs': Celebrating Radicalism in the English Countryside; Clare Griffiths
- 4. The Featherstone Massacre and its Forgotten Martyrs; Quentin Outram
- 5. Tonypandy 1910: The Foundations of Welsh Social Democracy; Daryl Leeworthy
- 6. Emily Davison: Dying for the Vote; Carolyn P. Collette
- 7. Making Irish Martyrs: The Impact and Legacy of the Execution of the Leaders of the Easter Rising, 1916; Mark McCarthy
- 8. The Town that was Murdered: Martyrs, Heroes and the Urbicide of Jarrow; Matt Perry
- 9. David Oluwale: Making his Memory and Debating his Martyrdom; Max Farrar
- 10. Bobby Sands and the Politics of Irish Republican Memory; Stephen G. Hopkins
- 11. 'The People's Flag is Deepest Red, It Shrouded oft our Martyred Dead': Martyrdom and the People's History; Quentin Outram and Keith Laybourn.