Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church: with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large, the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these later times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland

Author

John Foxe, 1516-1587.

Title

Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church: with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large, the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these later times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland

Date

1684

Place

London

Publisher

Printed for the Company of Stationers

Language

English

Edition

9th ed.

Contributor

WRITER OF "THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR":

Samuel Foxe, 1560-1630.

Note

BINDING:

On spine: Fox's Martyrs.

CONTENT:

Volumes 2-3 have title: The second [-third] volume of the ecclesiastical history: containing the acts and monuments of martyrs ...

"The life of the author ..." ascribed to his son Samuel Fox.

"A continuation of the histories of forreign martyrs: from the happy reign of the most renowned Queen Elizabeth, to these times ..." (volume 3, pages [865]-959) has special title-page with imprint: London, Printed by W.R. and S.R. for the Company of Stationers, 1684.

Archive Location

Library Catalog

Number of Volumes

3

Call Number

BR1600 .F62 1684 v. 1
BR1600 .F62 1684 v. 2
BR1600 .F62 1684 v. 3
Rare Oversize

Item Type

Book

Collection

Citation

John Foxe, 1516-1587., “Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church: with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large, the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these later times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed March 12, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9750.