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Genre/Form: | Biographies Church history History Biography |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Foxe; Paul L Maier; R C Linnenkugel |
ISBN: | 0825443296 9780825443299 |
OCLC Number: | 911171847 |
Notes: | "Abridged and edited with commentary"--Title page. "[B]ased on the 1570 edition of Foxe's Actes and Monuments, now commonly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs"--Title page verso. |
Description: | 436 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction - The early church : martyrs of the primitive church - The church in early Britain - Three hundred years from King Egbert to William the Conqueror - Three hundred years from William the Conqueror to John Wycliffe - Concerning the last 300 years - Beginning with King Henry VI - Beginning with the reign of King Henry VIII - Continuing, in English history, matters of both state and church - The acts and things done in Edward's reign - The coronation of Queen Mary : religious changes and turmoil happening in England at the same time - The bloody murdering of God's saints : their names, trials, and martyrdoms in this time of Queen Mary - Continuing the bloody persecutions from January 1557 to their end with Queen Elizabeth - Afterword : martyrs after Foxe - Bibliography - Index of martyrs, religious authorities, and royalty. |
Other Titles: | Actes and monuments Book of martyrs |
Responsibility: | John Foxe ; edited by Paul L. Maier and R. C. Linnenkugel. |
Abstract:
Through the centuries, Christians have endured times of persecution, torture, and even death for daring to take a stand for their beliefs. These individuals were martyrs for the cause of Christ and have become an important part of our Christians heritage.
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