Foxe's Book of Martyrs
The Actes and Monuments (full title: Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church), 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 | |
| Author | John Foxe |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Language | Early Modern English |
| Subject | Martyrology; history of Protestantism |
| Publisher | John Day |
Publication date | 20 March 1563 |
| Media type | Print (folio) |
| OCLC | 751705715 |
| 272.6 | |
| LC Class | BR1600 .F62 |
| Text | Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church at Wikisource |
It includes a polemical account of the sufferings of Protestants under the Catholic Church, with particular emphasis on England and Scotland. The book was highly influential in those countries and helped shape lasting popular notions of Catholicism there.
The book went through four editions in Foxe's lifetime and a number of later editions and abridgements, including some that specifically reduced the text to a Book of Martyrs.
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