John Foxe

(b. between 1516 and 1517, d. 1587)
Martyrologist. Author of Actes and Monuments. Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.

John Foxe authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:

  • Foxe, John. Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer. London: Iohn Daye, 1583. 11225.
  • Foxe, John. The Unabridged Acts and Monuments Online. Book 8. 1578 edition. The Digital Humanities Institute. Sheffield, 2011. https://www.dhi.ac.uk/foxe/index.php.