John Foxe Flashcards
“Acts and Monuments” is the more popular title of
“The Book of Martyrs.”
The influence of his book helped make England
firmly Protestant.
Foxe decided to publish an English version because
he wanted to influence the common people.
His writings are
honest, straight forward, and structured.
His book of martyrs is composed of
twelve books.
He wrote an anecdote about
“Tyndale’s greatest customer”
Latimers dress suggestive of
the situation he and Ridley they found themselves in.
Latimer wore,
Suggestive of the situation in which he and Ridley found themselves
corse woolen robe and shroud that befitted his and Ridley’s present humiliation.
In his speech in St. Marys,
Cranmer surprisingly declares that his true faith is universally Christian