John Foxe (1516 [1] /1517 – 18 April 1587) [2] was an English clergyman, [3] theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Actes and Monuments (otherwise known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th ...

John Foxe (born 1516, Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died April 18, 1587, Cripplegate, London) was an English Puritan preacher and author of The Book of Martyrs, a graphic and polemic account of those who suffered for the cause of Protestantism.

Aug 1, 2017 · Foxe's book of martyrs was first published in 1563 by John Foxe. This book is a true classic and essential to understand early Christian church history and those believers in Christ who came before us.

Apr 28, 2010 · In 1563, Englishman John Foxe published his Acts and Monuments to give a universal history of God's work at building His church. Often called Foxe's Book of Martyrs, the history has become a Christian classic.

Jan 4, 2022 · John Foxe (also spelled Fox, 1516—1587) was an English Puritan preacher and church historian. As a youth, Foxe’s brilliance was recognized, and at Oxford University he earned a master’s degree and a fellowship (similar to a modern scholarship) at Magdalen College.

John Foxe was one of the most influential writers of the English Reformation. In the forty years between 1547 and his death, he produced some forty works in English and Latin. However, both in his own lifetime and since and has been principally known for only one of them, The Acts and Monuments of the English Martyrs.

Aug 8, 2008 · The works of church historians rarely influence history itself, but John Foxe's Acts and Monuments of Matters Happening to the Church —commonly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs —is the exception...

Foxe held no living in London, so did not end up as his friend Richard Crowley did – suspended from his parish – in fact, Foxe may have stepped into the breach and ministered in the church of St Giles Cripplegate on Crowley’s behalf.

Book of Martyrs, FOXE’S.—John Foxe was born at Boston in Lincolnshire, England, in 1516, and was educated at Magdalen School and College, Oxford. He joined the more extreme Reformers early in life and under Edward VI acted as tutor to the children of …

May 9, 2018 · Foxe, John (1516–87) English Anglican clergyman and historian, whose writings promoted Protestantism and influenced policy towards Roman Catholics. He returned from exile in France during Elizabeth I 's reign and wrote Actes and Monuments of these latter and perillous Dayes, better known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563). "Foxe, John ."