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
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.
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.
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
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 13, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9750.