John Foxe (1516/17 – 18 April 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of what is popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs (properly The Acts and Monuments), an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the fourteenth century through the reign of Mary I. Widely owned and read by English Puritans, the book helped mould British popular opinion about the Catholic Church for several centuries.
Read more about John Foxe: Education, Resignation From Oxford, In London Under Edward VI, Marian Exile, Return To England, Actes and Monuments, Personality, Foxe's Historical Reputation
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