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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

• Foxe’s 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 Protestants who were killed because of their religious beliefs when the Catholic Mary I was… …   Universalium

• Foxe,John — Foxe (fŏks), John. 1516 1587. English martyrologist who wrote The Book of Martyrs (1563), an account of Protestant martyrs during the reign of Mary I. * * * …   Universalium

• Foxe, John — ▪ British clergyman born 1516, Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng. died April 18, 1587, Cripplegate, London       English Puritan preacher and author of The Book of Martyrs, a graphic and polemic account of those who suffered for the cause of… …   Universalium

• 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