Martyrs in the Making

DANNA PIROYANSKY  is a graduate of the University of London, UK (2005). She has published several articles in the field of late medieval English political culture, and teaches medieval history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is now working on her second book.

• Introduction Mapping Martyrdom Thomas Earl of Lancaster: Christ's Knight Archbishop Richard Scrope: Shepherd of the People King Henry VI: Glory of Innocence 'A Death Worth a Martyr's Crown': Other Martyrs and Their Cults Conclusion Bibliography

'Piroyansky makes good use of chronicles and hagiographies as well as prayers and poems but she also effectively utilises manuscript illuminations, paintings, sculpture and stained glass windows. In doing so, Piroyansky has provided the fullest account of the political martyrs and their cults. Some of her observations and arguments have important ramifications for understanding the process of canonisation and cult formation in late medieval Europe. This volume should be read by anyone interested not only in martyrdom and sanctity but in late medieval Christianity itself... This volume should be read by anyone interested not only in martyrdom and sanctity but in late medieval Christianity itself.'- Thomas S. Freeman, Journal of Ecclesiastical History