Description |
1 online resource (lviii, 332 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Contents |
FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Foxe's Life and Times; Explanatory Notes; Glossary of Words and Terms; Glossary of Persons; Glossary of Places; Concordance of Page References; Index; Biblical Texts Cited |
Summary |
Foxe's Book of Martyrs is a collection of unforgettable accounts of religious persecution. This modernized selection brings together some of the most stirring tales of the interrogation and execution of heretics burnt at the stake in the reign of Mary, with some of the original woodcut illustrations and an illuminating introduction. - ;'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.'Hugh Latimer's famous words of consolation to Nicholas Ridley as they are both about to be burnt alive for |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Christian martyrs -- England -- History -- 16th century
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RELIGION -- History.
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Christian martyrs
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SUBJECT |
England -- Church history -- 16th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043267
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Subject |
England
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Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
King, John N., 1945-
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ISBN |
9780191567452 |
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0191567450 |
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0199236844 |
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9780199236848 |
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