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John Foxe

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

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16th-century English historian

Born 1516
Died 1587

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  • Cover of: Foxe's Book Of Martyrs Nelson's Royal Classic

    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World (Christian Library)

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: 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

    First published in 1850 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The writings of John Fox, Bale, and Coverdale.
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    Cover of edition writingsofjohnfo12foxe First published in 1831 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Seventh Edition: Volume 1B: The SixteenthCentury/The Early Seventeenth Century
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    First published in 1999 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Fox's book of martyrs; or, The acts and monuments of the Christian church: being a complete history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of the Christian martyrs; from the commencement of Christianity to the present period. To which is added an account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew massacre in France, the general persecution under Louis XIV, the massacres in the Irish rebellions in the years 1641, and 1798, rise, progress, and persecutions of the people commonly called Quakers, together with an account of the Western martyrology, or bloody assizes; with the lives of some of the early eminent reformers ...
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    Cover of edition foxsbookmartyrs00foxegoog First published in 1830 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The history of Christian martyrdom: being an authentic account of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of many of the primitive, as well as Protestant martyrs, in different parts of the world. To which is added, an account of the origin, progress, and cruelties of the Inquisition ...

    First published in 1820 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The acts and monuments of John Foxe
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    First published in 1843 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: 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
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    First published in 1845 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ridley, Latimer, Cranmer, and other English martyrs

    First published in 1844 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Foxe's book of martyrs: an edition for the people
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    First published in 1907 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Annals of Christian martyrdom: ancient martyrs

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Fox's book of martyrs, or, a history of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of the primitive Protestant martyrs .

    First published in 1866 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: 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...

    First published in 1870 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world: the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution ...

    First published in 1963 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Commentarii rerum in ecclesia gestarum: maximarumque per totam Europam persecutionum a Vuicleui temporibus ad hanc usque aetatem descriptio. Liber primus

    First published in 1554 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Geschichte der Märtyrer: nach dem ausführlichen. Original des Ehrw. Johann Fox und Anderer. Kurz gefasst und, besonders für den gemeinen deutschen Mann in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America, aus dem Englischen übersetzt von I. Daniel Rupp

    First published in 1830 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The benefit and invention of printing...

    First published in 1704 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Reformatio Legvm Ecclesiasti- carvm, Ex Avthori-ta- te primum Regis Henrici.8. in- choata: Deinde per Regem Edo- uardum 6. prouecta, adauctaq́; in hunc modum, atq; nunc ad pleni-orem ipsarum refor- mationem in lucem aedita.

    First published in 1571 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A sermon of Christ crucified, preached at Paules crosse the Friday before Easter, commonly called Good-Friday

    First published in 1609 — 1 edition
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16th-century English historian

Born 1516
Died 1587

Subjects

Persecution, Church history, Martyrs, Christian martyrs, History, Early works to 1800, Biography, Bible, English Sermons, Martyrs. [from old catalog], Christian biography, Martyrologies, Reformation, Catholic Church, Chronology, Commonplace-books, Controversial literature, Crucifixion, Sermons, Church of England, Drama, Histoire, Justification (Christian theology), Theology, Église

Places

England, Great Britain, Scotland, Channel Islands, Church history, Guernsey, Martyrs

People

John Foxe (1516-1587), Jesus Christ, Jeronimo Osorio (1506-1580), Jer©đnimo Os©đrio (1506-1580), Jerónimo Osório (1506-1580), Rowland Taylor (-1555)

Time

16th century, 1066-1485, Middle Ages, 600-1500, Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Early church, ca. 30-600

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  • Foxe, John 1516-1587.

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
January 18, 2019 Edited by helenasl Edited without comment.
January 18, 2019 Edited by helenasl Added new photo
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
October 22, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors