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Foxe's Book of Martyrs
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The Actes and Monuments, popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by Protestant English historian John Foxe, first published in 1563 by John Day.
A page of the first English-language edition, printed by John Day in 1563
A page of the first English-language edition, printed by John Day in 1563
Frontispiece to the 1563 edition of The Book of Martyrs
Frontispiece to the 1563 edition of The Book of Martyrs
Engraved Title page from Fox's Book of Martyrs, pub by Thomas Kelly in 1814 (folio)
Engraved Title page from Fox's Book of Martyrs, pub by Thomas Kelly in 1814 (folio)
William Tyndale, just before being strangled and burned at the stake, cries out, "Lord, open the King of England's eyes", in woodcut from an early edi
William Tyndale, just before being strangled and burned at the stake, cries out, "Lord, open the King of England's eyes", in woodcut from an early edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
John Day (printer)
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John Day was an English printer. He specialised in printing and distributing Protestant literature and pamphlets, and produced many small-format religious books, such as ABCs, sermons, and translation
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
…known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by Protestant English historian John Foxe, first published in 1563 by John Day. It includes a polemical account of the sufferings of Protestants under the Catholic Church, with particular emphasis on England and Scotland. The book…
Woodcut of Day (dated 1562) included in the 1563 and subsequent editions of Actes and Monuments
Woodcut of Day (dated 1562) included in the 1563 and subsequent editions of Actes and Monuments
A page from Cuningham's Cosmographical Glasse printed by Day in 1559
A page from Cuningham's Cosmographical Glasse printed by Day in 1559
Woodcut from Day's 1563 first printing of John Foxe's Actes and Monuments depicting the execution of Thomas Cranmer, 1556
Woodcut from Day's 1563 first printing of John Foxe's Actes and Monuments depicting the execution of Thomas Cranmer, 1556
Woodcut from John Foxe's Actes and Monuments depicting the burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley in 1555
Woodcut from John Foxe's Actes and Monuments depicting the burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley in 1555