From Martyr To Murderer
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From Martyr To Murderer
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Author : Meriem Pagès
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-10
From Martyr To Murderer written by Meriem Pagès and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-10 with History categories.
Ever since the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism, scholars have attempted to apply Western notions of the exotic Muslim “other” to medieval texts. In this book, Pagès examines the extremist Shi’ite Nizari Isma’ilis, a sect commonly known as the Assassins, to provide a fascinating case study of one such endeavor, one essential to our understanding of modern prejudices about Islam. Historical representations of this sect—known for its use of political assassination and its complicated relationship with Western Europe—closely paralleled commonly held views of Islam during the Middle Ages. Latin Christendom’s conceptions of the sect were actually more nuanced and complex, however, resulting in divergent readings that ranged from an emphasis on potential alliances in the earliest texts to exoticization in the works of the thirteenth century and later. By tracing how portrayals of the sect developed in medieval texts, From Martyr to Murderer shows that the Assassins did not originally inspire alienation in medieval Europe and that, on the contrary, they were even seen as potential converts to Christianity. Ultimately, Pagès’s adroit exploration of the Assassin legends leads readers to question preconceived notions about the image of Islam dating back to the Middle Ages.
Martyrs And Murderers
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Author : Stuart Carroll
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2011-04-28
Martyrs And Murderers written by Stuart Carroll and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-28 with History categories.
The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of greater significance in the history of Europe. The Guise family rose to prominence as the greatest enemy of the House of Habsburg and had dreams of a great dynastic empire that included the British Isles and southern Italy. They were among the staunchest opponents of the Reformation, played a major role in re-fashioning Catholicism at the Council of Trent before plunging France into a bloody civil war that culminated in the infamous St Bartholomew's Day Massacre. They protected English Catholic refugees, plotted to invade England and overthrow Elizabeth I, and ended the century by unleashing Europe's first religious revolution, before succumbing in a counter-revolution that made them martyrs for the Catholic cause. Martyrs and Murderers is the first comprehensive modern biography of the Guise family in any language. In it Stuart Carroll unravels the legends which cast them either as heroes or as villains of the Reformation, weaving a remarkable story that challenges traditional assumptions about one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras.
Maximilien Robespierre
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Author : Robert Alan Lay (Jr)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Maximilien Robespierre written by Robert Alan Lay (Jr) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Murderers Or Martyrs
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Author : George Skelly
language : en
Publisher: Waterside Press
Release Date : 2012
Murderers Or Martyrs written by George Skelly and has been published by Waterside Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Social Science categories.
A spell-binding account of an appalling miscarriage of justice. Charged with the "Cranborne Road murder" of Wavertree widow Alice Rimmer, two Manchester youths were hastily condemned by a Liverpool jury on the police-orchestrated lies of a criminal and two malleable young prostitutes. George Skelly's detailed account of the warped trial, predictable appeal result courtesy of 'hanging judge' Lord Goddard and the whitewash secret inquiry will enrage all who believe in justice. And if the men's prison letters (including from the condemned cells) sometimes make you laugh, they will make you weep far longer. Following his masterful expose of injustice in the Cameo Cinema murder case in 1950s Liverpool described in his book The Cameo Conspiracy, George Skelly now reveals a second police conspiracy-two years later in the same city involving the same senior detective-which this time led to the execution of two young men. In 2011, faced with countless proven contradictions and errors plus substantial previously undisclosed evidence, the Criminal Cases Review Commission unbelievably side-stepped the opportunity to refer this gross injustice to the Court of Appeal. So until justice is finally done, Teddy Devlin and Alfie Burns still lie together beneath the staff car park at Walton Prison, their only trace a tiny plaque numbered 55. 'A very powerful case of a miscarriage of justice': Former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith PC QC As featured in the Liverpool Echo. Author George Skelly is also the author of The Cameo Conspiracy (3rd edition Waterside Press, 2011) about an equally disturbing case where an innocent man was hanged in a famous miscarriage of justice.
Miscellanies Critical Imaginative And Juridical
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-04-16
Miscellanies Critical Imaginative And Juridical written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-16 with History categories.
The Murder Of Comrade Tom Henehan Martyr Of The Fourth International
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Mehring Books
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Juan Soldado
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Author : Paul J Vanderwood
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2004-11-01
Juan Soldado written by Paul J Vanderwood and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-01 with History categories.
Paul J. Vanderwood offers a fascinating look at the events, beliefs, and circumstances that have motivated popular devotion to Juan Soldado, a Mexican folk saint. In his mortal incarnation, Juan Soldado was Juan Castillo Morales, a twenty-four-year-old soldier convicted of and quickly executed for the rape and murder of eight-year-old Olga Camacho in Tijuana in 1938. Immediately after Morales’s death, many people began to doubt the evidence of his guilt, or at least the justice of his brutal execution. People reported seeing blood seeping from his grave and hearing his soul cry out protesting his innocence. Soon the “martyred” Morales was known as Juan Soldado, or John the Soldier. Believing that those who have died unjustly sit closest to God, people began visiting Morales’s grave asking for favors. Within months of his death, the young soldier had become a popular saint. He is not recognized by the Catholic Church, yet thousands of people have made pilgrimages to his gravesite. While Juan Soldado is well known in Tijuana, southern California’s Mexican American community, and beyond, this book is the first to situate his story within a broader exploration of how and why popular canonizations such as his take root and flourish. In addition to conducting extensive archival research, Vanderwood interviewed central actors in the events of 1938, including Olga Camacho’s mother, citizens who rioted to demand Morales’s release to a lynch mob, those who witnessed his execution, and some of the earliest believers in his miraculous powers. Vanderwood also interviewed many present-day visitors to the shrine at Morales’s grave. He describes them, their petitions—for favors such as health, a good marriage, or safe passage into the United States—and how they reconcile their belief in Juan Soldado with their Catholicism. Vanderwood puts the events of 1938 within the context of Depression-era Tijuana and he locates people’s devotion, then and now, within the history of extra-institutional religious activity. In Juan Soldado, a gripping true-crime mystery opens up into a much larger and more elusive mystery of faith and belief.
The Marvel Of Martyrdom
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Author : Sophia Moskalenko
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019-01-23
The Marvel Of Martyrdom written by Sophia Moskalenko and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-23 with Political Science categories.
"This text examines the psychological effects of martyrdom and martyrs across the world. The authors discuss martyrdom and martyrs through the lens of current events, iconic historical figures, and popular culture"--
The Martyr Of The People Or The Murder D King
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1649
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Miscellanies Critical Imaginative And Juridical
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Author : Samuel Warren
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2015-09-15
Miscellanies Critical Imaginative And Juridical written by Samuel Warren and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with categories.
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