| Foxe's Book of Martyrs Contributor(s): Foxe, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1420942840 ISBN-13: 9781420942842 Publisher: Digireads.com OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - History - Religion | Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict - Religion | Christianity - Anglican |
| Dewey: 272.092 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.33 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Foxe (1517-1587) was an English historian and martyrologist. He early became a Protestant and, when Mary Tudor became queen, he fled from England to Strasbourg, France. There, he occupied himself with a Latin history of the Christian persecutions and he printed, in Latin, the first part of his history of the persecution of Protestant reformers. "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" is an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the fourteenth century through the reign of Mary I. The book helped mold British popular opinion about the Catholic Church for several centuries as it was widely owned and read by English Puritans. During Elizabeth's reign, this book was highly celebrated and even became required reading. It was placed in churches and reprinted in shorter editions so that many households possessed a copy. |