No expense or labor was spared when chronicling those who had made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of Protestantism. The original productive of “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs” featured more than sixty individual woodcut illustrations and was once the largest publishing endeavor ever attempted in English history.
Officially published as “Actes and Monuments,” Foxe’s account served a significant historical role in the early reign of Elizabeth I, when the Catholic Church was considered by the Queen to be a serious threat on her nation and her crown. Foxe’s writing is a time capsule of a nation torn between warring religions trying to establish dominance in an era where a loss of power could easily lead to the death of royals.
Officially published as “Actes and Monuments,” Foxe’s account served a significant historical role in the early reign of Elizabeth I, when the Catholic Church was considered by the Queen to be a serious threat on her nation and her crown. Foxe’s writing is a time capsule of a nation torn between warring religions trying to establish dominance in an era where a loss of power could easily lead to the death of royals.
