Eight studies in sedition and rebellion.
2: Martyrs
'Hung on a post and exposed as food for wild beasts ...' Blandina died a martyr in AD 177. But why did she, and so many other Christians, choose to suffer rather than bow to the Roman gods? And why are there still martyrs in our own century? Brian Redhead explores martyrs' motives down the ages.
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