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Foxe's Book of Martyrs — • Protestant martyrology, from Wyclif to Cranmer, illustrated with woodcuts. The author was a controversialist sympathetic to John Knox Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Foxe s Book of Martyrs Foxe s Book of Mart … Catholic encyclopedia
Foxe's Book of Martyrs — Foxe’s Book of Martyrs [Foxes Book of Martyrs] (also Acts and Monuments of these Latter and Perilous Days ; ) a book (1554) written by John Foxe (1516–87). It describes the deaths of the many British ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Foxe's Book of Martyrs — The Book of Martyrs , by John Foxe, is an apocalyptically oriented, English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, mainly in England, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first… … Wikipedia
Foxe's Book of Martyrs — The Book of Martyrs is a famous Protestant text documenting the persecution of Christians through the ages, with a special focus on Protestants executed during the reign of Queen MARY I (r. 1553 58) of England. Written at the time of the… … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Book of Martyrs, Foxe's — • Protestant martyrology, from Wyclif to Cranmer, illustrated with woodcuts. The author was a controversialist sympathetic to John Knox Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
FOXE, John — (1517 1587) John Foxe was a zealous proponent of the English Reformation, renowned as the compiler of Acts and Monuments of These Latter and Perilous Days (first edition, 1563), known popularly as The Book of Martyrs. This monumental collection… … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
Martyrs Mirror — Anabaptist Dirk Willems rescues his pursuer and is subsequently burned at the stake in 1569. The Martyrs Mirror or The Bloody Theater, first published in 1660 in Dutch by Thieleman J. van Braght, documents the stories and testimonies of Christian … Wikipedia
Foxe, John — (1516–87) Historian. Foxe was a native of Lincolnshire and was educated at the University of Oxford. He was acquainted with John bale who encouraged his interest in history and he was ordained in 1550 by Nicholas ridley. During the reign of … Who’s Who in Christianity
Foxe, John — (1516–1587) English clergyman, most remembered for the book commonly known as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs; not to be confused with George Fox (1624–1691), founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
FOXE, John — (1516 1587) English Protestant and author of Acts and Monuments of Matters Happening in the Church popularly known as Foxe s Book of Martyrs which documented ROMAN CATHOLIC persecution of PROTESTANTS. For at least two centuries this book was… … Concise dictionary of Religion
