The new Foxe's book of martyrs /

Chadwick, Harold J.

The new Foxe's book of martyrs / Book of martyrs John Foxe ; rewritten and updated by Harold J. Chadwick. - Gainesville, Fla. : Bridge-Logos, c2001. - xxiv, 442 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Pure gold classic .

Updated ed. of: Actes and monuments / John Foxe. "Updated up to the 21st Century"--Cover. Includes index.

The first sixteen centuries. The first Christian martyrs -- The beginning of general persecutions against the Church (A.D. 54-304) -- Constantine the Great (Emperor of Rome: A.D. 306-337) -- Persecutions during the thousand years of general peace (about A.D. 320-A.D. 1079) -- Papal persecutions and the Inquisition (1208-1834) -- Work and persecutions of John Wycliffe (about 1377-1384) -- Persecution and martyrdom of John Huss (1415) -- Persecution and martyrdom of Jerome of Prague (1416) -- Persecutions in England (1401-1541) -- Persecutions in Scotland (1527-1558) -- The martyrdom of William Tyndale (1536), John Frith, and Andrew Hewet (1533) -- Work and persecution of Martin Luther (1517-1546) -- The martyrdom of John Hooper, Bishop of Worchester (1555) -- The martyrdom of Dr. Rowland Taylor, Parish clergyman (1555) -- The martyrdom of Bishop Ridley and Bishop Latimer (1555) -- The martyrdom of Archbishop Cranmer (1556) -- The fires of Smithfield (1410-1556) -- The Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre (1572) -- The next three centuries. Persecution of Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Margaret Wilson, Madame Jeanne Guyton, and Miguel de Molinos -- Persecution of Donald Cargill, John Bunyan, George Fox, William Carey, and Robert Thomas -- This century. Modern martyrs. Martyrs today : the past century -- Martyrs today : this century.

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Christian martyrs--Biography.
Persecution--History.