Salvation at Stake - Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe : Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe

List of Figures xiii A Note on Translations and Orthography xvi A Complex of Martyrs 1(29) On Understanding Early Modern Christianity 8(8) The Nature of the Martyrological Sources 16(10) The Course of Exposition 26(4) The Late Medieval Inheritance 30(44) The Absence and Presence of Martyrs in the Late Middle Ages 31(19) Suffering Patiently, Dying Well, and the Passion of Christ 50(12) Christian Martyrs outside the Church in the Late Middle Ages 62(12) The Willingness to Kill 74(23) Prosecuting Religious Criminals 75(3) The Duty of Intolerance 78(4) The Trajectory of Argumentation 82(8) Laws, Institutions, and the Contingencies of Practice 90(7) The Willingness to Die 97(42) The Poverty of Theory 99(6) Foundations: Faith and Scripture 105(7) Contemporary Communities: Social Support and Sustenance 112(7) Historical Communities: Pedigrees of the Persecuted 119(7) Prison Activities: Practicing the Beliefs 126(8) The Art of Dying Well 134(5) Witnesses for the Gospel: Protestants and Martyrdom 139(58) The Early Evangelical Martyrs and Emergent Protestant Identity 141(12) Avoiding Idolatry, Following Christ: Convictions to Die For 153(12) The Midcentury Martyrologies 165(22) The Protestant Martyrologies in National Contexts 187(10) Nachfolge Christi: Anabaptists and Martyrdom 197(53) Muntzer to Munster: Forging an Anabaptist Martyrological Mentality 200(15) Anabaptist Martyrs in the Low Countries 215(16) The Transformation of the Dutch Mennonite Martyrological Tradition 231(19) The New Saints: Roman Catholics and Martyrdom 250(65) Defensive Martyrdom: The Henrician Catholics 254(18) The Passion for Passion in Post-Tridentine Catholicism 272(25) The Role of the Martyrs in Catholic Devotional Life 297(18) The Conflict of Interpretations 315(27) The Weaknesses of Nondoctrinal Criteria 320(9) ``Not the Punishment, but the Cause, Makes a Martyr'' 329(10) Implications and Conclusions 339(3) Conclusion: A Shared and Shattered Worldview 342(13) Appendix 355(4) Notes 359(150) Index 509