Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World (CUSA) - Softcover

Smith, Lacey Baldwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081011724X ISBN 13: 9780810117242

Verlag: Northwestern University Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Fools and traitors to some, heroes to others, all the men and women who appear in this book have helped to shape one's definition of martyrdom. Lacey Baldwin Smith raises questions about their martydom, and attempts to bring the past to life.

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Lacey Baldwin Smith was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1922. Following graduate work at Princeton University, he went on to teach there and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University, where until his retirement he was Professor of History and Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities. He continues to teach at Northwestern in an emeritus capacity. Smith is the recipient of two Fulbright awards, two National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and numerous other awards, honors, and academic appointments, including membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the father of three grown children and lives with his wife in Wilmette, Illinois

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• Verlag: Northwestern University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 081011724X
• ISBN 13: 9780810117242
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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