TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,Emma TI - The death and afterlife of the North American martyrs SN - 9780674726161 AV - BX3707 .A53 2013eb U1 - 272/.909713 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Jesuits KW - North America KW - Missions KW - fast KW - Christian martyrs KW - RELIGION KW - History KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. A Spectacle for Men and Angels -- 2. The Blood of Martyrs Is the Seed of Christians -- 3. Souvenirs des Jesuites -- 4. For Canada and for God -- 5. Bones of Contention -- 6. The Naked and the Dead -- 7. Pilgrims' Progress N2 - In the 1640s eight Jesuits met a terrifying death at the hands of native antagonists. In 1930 they were canonized as North America's first saints. The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs illuminates these seminal acts of violence and charts their ever-changing, controversial legacy, or "afterlife," across almost four centuries UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=575634 ER -