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Subject(s)

• Christian martyrs—England—History—16th century [Browse]
• England—Church history—16th century [Browse]

Writer of added commentary

• King, John N., 1945- [Browse]

Series

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Oxford world's classics

Summary note

"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out." Hugh Latimer's famous words of consolation to Nicholas Ridley as they are both about to be burnt alive for heresy come from John Foxe's magisterial Acts and Monuments, popularly known as the Book of Martyrs . This vast collection of unforgettable accounts of religious persecution exerted as great an influence on early modern England and New England as the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It contains many stirring stories of the apprehension, interrogation, imprisonment, and execution of alleged heretics. Based on a new transcription of the last edition overseen by John Foxe, this new edition includes a full introduction to Foxe and his times, the religious conflicts, and the nature of martyrological narratives. The text is further enhanced by 21 of the original woodcut illustrations, glossaries of people, places, and words, a general index, and notes explaining allusions and identifying scriptural quotations. - Publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Thomas Bilney
• William Tyndale
• Anne Askew
• John Roger
• Lawrence Sanders
• John Hooper
• Rowland Taylor
• Thomas Tomkins
• William Hunter
• Rawlins White
• George Marsh
• Thomas Haukes
• John Bradford and John Leaf
• Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley
• Stephen Gardiner
• John Philpot
• Bartlett Green
• Thomas Cranmer
• The Guernsey Martyrs
• Joan Waste
• William Dangerfield
• Richard Woodman
• Rose Allin and other Colchester Martyrs
• George Eagles
• The Islington Martyrs
• Prest's Wife
• Edwin Sandys
• Lady Elizabeth
• Judgement Tales.

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Other title(s)

Book of martyrs

ISBN

• 9780199236848 ((pbk.))
• 0199236844 ((pbk.))

LCCN

2008043465

OCLC

244062810

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