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Author Lacey, Andrew, 1960- author.

Title The cult of King Charles the martyr / Andrew Lacey
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in modern British religious history, 1464-6625 ; v. 7
Studies in modern British religious history ; v. 7. 1464-6625
Contents The royal actor -- Habeas corpus : foundations of the cult before 1649 -- By the rivers of Babylon : the cult in exile -- In verbo tuo spes mea : fashioning the royal martyr -- The return to Zion : he cult and the restored monarchy -- Irreligious rants and civil seditions : the cult in 'the age of party' -- A pattern of religion and virtue : the conservative martyr -- Our own, our royal saint
Summary The first study to deal exclusively with the cult ofKing Charles the Martyr - Charles I as suffering, innocent king, walking in the footsteps of his Saviour to his own Calvary at Whitehall - and the political theology underpinning it, taking the story up to 1859
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-302) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 -- Cult
SUBJECT Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 fast
Subject Church of England. Book of common prayer
SUBJECT Book of common prayer (Church of England) fast
Subject Christian martyrs -- Great Britain -- Biography
Christian saints -- Great Britain -- Biography
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Anglican.
HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
Christian martyrs
Christian saints
Cults
Kings and rulers
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1846150604
9781846150609
9780851159225
0851159222