Sacred and Secular Martyrdom in Britain and Ireland Since 1914

by John Wolffe

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350019275
• ISBN13: 9781350019270
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"