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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Spelling, Punctuation, and Editions xv Introduction 1 1. Medieval Models: The Golden Legend and the Corpus Christi Passion Plays 10 2. New Actors in an Old Drama: The Martyrology of John Foxe 53 3. Secular Law and Catholic Dissidence: The Case of Edmund Campion 98 4. “The Finger of God Is Heere”: Counter-Reformation Martyrs and Miracles 135 5. “This Deceitfull Arte”: Catholic Martyrdom in the Age of the Jesuits 163 6. Beyond Typology: King Charles and the Martyrdom of Conscience 207 Postscript 246 Appendices 252 Notes 266 Works Cited 301 Index 317 ...

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