Fox's book of martyrs; or, The acts and monuments of the Christian church : being a complete history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of the Christian martyrs; from the commencement of Christianity to the present period. To which is added an account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew massacre in France, the general persecution under Louis XIV, the massacres in the Irish rebellions in the years 1641, and 1798, rise, progress, and persecutions of the people commonly called Quakers, together with an account of the Western martyrology, or bloody assizes; with the lives of some of the early eminent reformers ... / revised and improved by the Reverend John Malham. Re-edited by the Reverend T. Pratt, D.D.
By: Foxe, John
Contributor(s): Malham, John | Pratt, T
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TextPublisher: Philadelphia : J.J. Woodward, N. E. Corner of Seventh and Market-Streets, 1830Description: 2 volumes in 1 (652 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeUniform titles: Actes and monuments. 1830 Subject(s): Christian martyrs | Persecution | Church history
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Originally published under title: Actes and monuments.
An abridgement of the original English edition of 1563; Actes and monuments of these latter and perillous dayes, which was based on the author's Latin edition of 1554, compiled with the assistance of Edmund Grindal, later archbishop of Canterbury, and John Aylmer.
Engraved frontispieces; added engraved title pages.
This edition first published 1829 by William Borradaile, New York (Cf. title page verso)
"Embellished with superb engravings" -- from title page.
Includes index.
Contains memoir of the author doubtfully attributed to his son.