Secular Martyrdom in Britain and Ireland From Peterloo to the Present /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Outram, Quentin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Laybourn, Keith (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; World history.; Social history.; World politics.; History of Britain and Ireland.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Social History.; Political History.

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�...