Foxe's Book of Martyrs

Foxes Book of Martyrs chronicles Christian martyrdom from the 1st to the 16th centuries. Fox provides a Protestant point-of-view account that focuses heavily on the English Protestants and proto-Protestants who entered martyrdom between the 14th and 16th centuries, though the book in its entirety spans papal persecutions, martyrdoms during the reign of various Tudor monarchs, and even French persecutions during the early 19th century. This slice of Christian religion history is a must-have addition to any Christian or religious scholar’s bookshelf.

''After the Bible itself, no book so profoundly influenced early Protestant sentiment as the Book of Martyrs. Even in our time it is still a living force. More than a record of persecution, it is an arsenal of controversy, a storehouse of romance, and a source of edification.'' -- James Miller Dodds, English Prose

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