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John Foxe

Also known as

Foxe, John 1516-1587.John FoxFoxe John 1516-1587John John FoxeJohn 1516-1587 FoxeRev. John Fox

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

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL301192A
  • VIAF32005978
  • WikidataQ380961
  • ISNI000000008076828X
  • LibriVox488

Top Subjects

  • Persecution (54)
  • Church history (53)
  • Martyrs (48)
  • Christian martyrs (21)
  • History (13)
  • England (11)
  • Great Britain (10)

Books by John Foxe

Total count: 153