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Sacred and Secular Martyrdom in Britain and Ireland since 1914 (Hardcover)
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Sacred and Secular Martyrdom in Britain and Ireland since 1914 (Hardcover)
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During and immediately after the First World War, there was a
merging of Christian and nationalist traditions of martyrdom,
expressed in the design of war cemeteries and war memorials, and
the state funeral of the Unknown Warrior in 1920. John Wolffe
explores the subsequent development of these traditions of 'sacred'
and 'secular' martyrdom, analysing the ways in which they operated
- sometimes in parallel, sometimes merged together and sometimes in
conflict with each other. Particular topics explored include the
Protestant commemoration of Marian and missionary martyrs, and the
Roman Catholic campaign for the canonization of the 'saints and
martyrs of England'. Secular martyrdom is discussed in relation to
military conflicts especially the Second World War and the
Falklands. In Ireland there was a particularly persistent merging
of sacred and secular martyrdom in the wake of the Easter Rising of
1916 although by the time of the Northern Ireland 'Troubles' in the
later twentieth-century these traditions diverged. In covering
these themes, the book also offers historical and comparative
context for understanding present-day acts of martyrdom in the form
of suicide attacks.
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