Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, Touching Matters of the Church
Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, Touching Matters of the Church,popularly known as the Book of Martyrs, by Foxe , first published in Latin at Basle 1559 , printed in English 1563 , with woodcut illustrations.
This enormous work, said to be twice the length of Gibbon's Decline and Fall , is a history of the Christian Church from the earliest times, with special reference to the sufferings of the Christian martyrs of all ages, but more particularly of the Protestant martyrs of Mary's reign. The book is, in fact, a violent indictment of ‘the persecutors of God's truth, commonly called papists’. The author is credulous in his acceptance of stories of martyrdom and partisan in their selection. The work is written in a simple, homely style and enlivened by vivid dialogues between the persecutors and their victims.
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