Fools, Martyrs, Traitors

The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World

By: Lacey Baldwin Smith

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Paperback | 25 October 1999

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Lacey Baldwin Smith takes us on a riveting journey through history as he examines one of the most baffling characteristics of human experience: the willingness to die to sanctify a deity, to defend a cause, or simply to prove a point. By delving into the psyches, politics, and personalities of martyrs, he illuminates the complex and elusive subject of martyrdom as it has evolved over 2,500 years.

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"Human, dramatic stories, well told, with sympathetic insights." "Kirkus Reviews"" "Anyone who would like to try to understand what justifies human beings in the possibly suicidal impulse that drives them to accept no compromise; to assert high moral principle in the face of accusations of idiocy, barbarism, ingratitude and mere treason; and finally to die for a cause can begin at no better place than "Fools, Martyrs, Traitors."" --"Washington Post"

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Debate over Definition	p. 3
Socrates: The Genesis of Martyrdom	p. 23
The Maccabees and the Doctrine of Suffering	p. 41
Jesus of Nazareth: "Follow Me"	p. 63
The Early Christian Martyrs: "My Lady" Perpetua	p. 89
Thomas Becket and the Honor of God	p. 117
Sir Thomas More: "A Hero of Selfhood"	p. 149
The Marian Martyrs: Group Identity Through Self-Destruction	p. 185
Charles I: Martyr by Act of Parliament	p. 209
John Brown: "Let Them Hang Me"	p. 229
Mahatma Gandhi: School for Martyrs	p. 263
The Twentieth-Century Martyr: An Endangered Species?	p. 301
Epilogue: The Disinterested Martyr	p. 361
Notes	p. 375
Index	p. 417
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