Martyrdom as witness in late ancient christian literature
Auteur :
Burrus, Virginia
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009886550
Date de publication :
31 août 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element mentions that 'witness' is central to late ancient Christian understandings of martyrdom. Drawing on dual traditions of free speech, and the torture of enslaved witnesses, martyrs testified through their suffering and deaths to their own worthiness, to the tyrannical violence, and to the possibility of another world.