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John Foxe (1516/17 – 18 April 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of Actes and Monuments (popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs), an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century through the reign of Mary I. Widely owned and read by English Puritans, the book helped to mould British popular opinion about the Catholic Church for several centuries

16th-century English historian

Born	1516
Died	1587

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Book of martyrs: A history of the lives, suffering, and triumphant deaths of the primitive as well as Protestant martyrs: from the commencement of Christianity, to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecution. To which is added, an account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew massacre, in France, the general persecution under Louis XIV, the massacre in the Irish rebellion...1641, and the recent persecutions of the Protestants in the south of France...

by John Foxe
First published in 1563 — 89 editions
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Fox's book of martyrs: a history of the lives, sufferings and triumphant deaths of the early Christian and the Protestant martyrs

by John Foxe
First published in 1842 — 8 editions
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Christus triumphans: comoedia Apocalyptica

by John Foxe First published in 1556 — 5 editions

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The book of martyrs

by John Foxe First published in 1831 — 4 editions

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Writings of John Fox, Bale, and Coverdale

by John Foxe
First published in 1831 — 4 editions
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Foxe's Christian martyrs: John Foxe

by John Foxe First published in 2005 — 3 editions

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The book of martyrs: containing an account of the sufferings & death of the Protestants in the reign of Queen Mary the first : illustrated with copper-plates

by John Foxe First published in 1741 — 3 editions

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Fox's book of martyrs: or, A history of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of the primitive Protestant martyrs, from the introduction of Christianity to the latest periods of pagan, popish, and infidel persecutions

by John Foxe First published in 1829 — 3 editions

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Seventh Edition: Volume 1B: The SixteenthCentury/The Early Seventeenth Century

by George M. Logan, John Skelton, Thomas More, Wyatt, Thomas Sir, William Tyndale, Jean Calvin, Anne Askew, John Foxe, John Hooker, and 54 others First published in 1999 — 2 editions

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The acts and monuments of John Foxe

by John Foxe First published in 1843 — 2 editions
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Facsimile of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1583<br>Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable: Version 1.0 on CD-ROM Single User Version

by John Foxe, David G. Newcombe, Michael Pidd, and University of Sheffield John Foxe Projec... First published in 2001 — 2 editions

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Le livre des martyrs

by John Foxe First published in 1896 — 2 editions
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The English Martyrology V2: Abridged From Fox

by John Foxe First published in 2007 — 2 editions

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Foxe's Book Of Martyrs Nelson's Royal Classic

by John Foxe First published in 2000 — 2 editions

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History of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths, of the primitive as well as the Protestant martyrs, from the commencement of Christianity to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecution: to which is added an account of the Inquisition; the Bartholomew massacre; the massacre in France, and general persecution under Louis XIV; the massacres of the Irish rebellion in the year 1641; and the recent persecutions of Protestants in the south of France

by John Foxe First published in 1845 — 2 editions
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs

by John Foxe First published in 1850 — 2 editions

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The New Foxe's Book of Martyrs (Pure Gold Classics)

by John Foxe First published in 2001 — 2 editions

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Acts and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable happening in the church, with an universal historie of the same: wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church from the primitive age to these latter times of ours : with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the martyrs of Christ sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland : whereunto are annexed certaine additions of like persecution which have happened in these latter times

by John Foxe First published in 1641 — 2 editions

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Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World (Christian Library)

by John Foxe First published in 1982 — 2 editions

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A history of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of the primitive as well as the Protestant martyrs: from the commencement of Christianity to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecution : to which is added an account of the inquisition ; the Bartholomew Massacre ; the massacre in France, and general persecution under Louis XIV ; the massacres of the Irish rebellion in the year 1641 ; and the recent persecutions of Protestants in the south of France

by John Foxe First published in 1850 — 2 editions

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16th-century English historian

Born	1516
Died	1587

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OLID: OL301192A
GoodReads: 164796
ISNI: 000000008076828X
Library of Congress Names: n50035139
LibriVox: 488
Project Gutenberg: 25311
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): BVEV014139
VIAF: 32005978
Wikidata: Q380961
Inventaire.io: wd:Q380961

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