It is striking how these early accounts of conviction and courage still shape our understanding of history.

A powerful reminder of what people have endured for their beliefs.

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Sixteenth Century Literacy in Text and Context In this essay I travel back 20 years to notes that I took on an article about strategies employed by John Foxe to support different levels of literacy in his readers.

John Foxe offered his readings various ways to 'read' his Book of Martyrs, even when they were unable to actually read themselves. Find out more in this examination of Zollinger's article on the subject open.substack.com/pub/historyc... #history #16thcentury #johnfoxe #bookhistory

Getting to know John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments John Foxe wrote the Acts and Monuments in the Elizabethan era, depicting the Protestants who had died for their faith and rearranging history into a more suitable narrative for the new religion.

This week in my news #Substack essay, I write about John Foxe. It's been a long time since I've written on this subject so this is very much a re-introduction! open.substack.com/pub/historyc... #history #johnfoxe #martyrology

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Portrait of John Foxe
English School
Circa 1580

Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, Foxe's fame rests upon his famous Book of Martyrs.

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Portrait of John Foxe
English School
c.1580

Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, Foxe's fame rests upon his famous Book of Martyrs.

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18th April 1587
John Foxe, the English historian, reformer and martyrologist, died in London.

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