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John Foxe

John Foxe

Born 1516 · Died 1587

From Boston, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: Kingdom of England · Writes nonfiction

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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

Quotes

  • “There is no keeping down of veritie, but it wil spring and come out of dust and ashes, as appeared right well in this man. For though they digged vp his body, burnt his bones, & drowned his ashes, yet þe word of God and truth of his doctrine with the fruit & successe therof they could not burne.”
    Acts and Monuments, p. 464

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Books by John Foxe in order

Books by John Foxe in the order they were published, from Book of Martyrs (1563) to Foxe's Book of Martyrs(a Classics Novel by John Foxe);Illustrated (2022).

  1. 1Book of MartyrsBook of Martyrs1563
  2. 2Facsimile of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1583<br>Actes and MonumFacsimile of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1583<br>Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable2001
  3. 3El Libro de los MartiresEl Libro de los Martires2008
  4. 4Foxe's Christian MartyrsFoxe's Christian Martyrs2014
  5. 5Christ CrucifiedChrist Crucified2017
  6. 6Foxe's Book of Martyrs - IllustratedFoxe's Book of Martyrs - Illustrated2017
  7. 7Foxe's Book of MarytrsFoxe's Book of Marytrs2017
  8. 8Book of Martyrs : Or, a History of the Lives, Sufferings, anBook of Martyrs : Or, a History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths, of the Primitive As Well As Protestant Martyrs2018
  9. 9New and Complete Book of Martyrs, or, an Universal History oNew and Complete Book of Martyrs, or, an Universal History of Martyrdom2018
  10. 10Foxe : Voices of the MartyrsFoxe : Voices of the Martyrs2019
  11. 11Book of the Martyrs of Jesus : :Book of the Martyrs of Jesus : :2020
  12. 12Books of EnochBooks of Enoch2021
  13. 13Foxe Voices of the MartrysFoxe Voices of the Martrys2021
  14. 14Foxe's Book of Martyrs(a Classics Novel by John FoxeFoxe's Book of Martyrs(a Classics Novel by John Foxe2021
  15. 15Foxe's Book of Martyrs(a Classics Novel by John Foxe) IllustFoxe's Book of Martyrs(a Classics Novel by John Foxe) Illustrated Edition2021
  16. 16Foxe's Book of Martyrs(a Classics Novel by John Foxe);IllustFoxe's Book of Martyrs(a Classics Novel by John Foxe);Illustrated2022
  17. 17An Abridgment of the Book of Martyrs: To Which Are Prefixed,An Abridgment of the Book of Martyrs: To Which Are Prefixed, the Living Testimonies of the Church of God, and Faithful Martyrs, in Different Ages of the World; and the Corrupt Fruits of the False Church, in the Time of the Apostacy
  18. 18An Universal History of Christian MartyrdomAn Universal History of Christian Martyrdom
  19. 19Fox's Book of MatryrsFox's Book of Matryrs
  20. 20Foxe's Book of MartyrsFoxe's Book of Martyrs
  21. 21Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the WorldFoxe's Christian Martyrs of the World
  22. 22Ridley, Latimer, Cranmer, and Other English MartyrsRidley, Latimer, Cranmer, and Other English Martyrs
  23. 23The Acts and Monuments of the ChurchThe Acts and Monuments of the Church
  24. 24The Ecclesiasticall HistorieThe Ecclesiasticall Historie

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