Martyrs Mirror: A Social History

by David Weaver-Zercher, David L. Weaver-Zercher, David L.

Book Overview

The first scholarly history of the iconic Anabaptist text.

Approximately 2,500 Anabaptists were martyred in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe. Their surviving brethren compiled stories of those who suffered and died for the faith into martyr books. The most historically and culturally significant of these, The Bloody Theater--more commonly known as Martyrs Mirror--was assembled by the Dutch Mennonite minister...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421418827
• ISBN13: 9781421418827
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher