John Foxe as Hagiographer: The Question Revisited
By using modified forms of the analysis categories developed by hagiographic scholars we can demonstrate that John Foxe shares the twofold purpose of all authors in the genre, especially within the portions of Acts and Monuments that address the reign of Mary Tudor. First, he bore witness to the tru...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1995
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1995, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 771-789 |
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| Summary: | By using modified forms of the analysis categories developed by hagiographic scholars we can demonstrate that John Foxe shares the twofold purpose of all authors in the genre, especially within the portions of Acts and Monuments that address the reign of Mary Tudor. First, he bore witness to the truth as he understood it; second, he sought to do some eternal spiritual good for the reader. Until we fully appreciate these aims we will not understand the breadth of Foxe's purpose in this sprawling work. I argue that when he chose to use the hagiographic forms employed from the earliest days of the church, Foxe made a conscious selection of material and style to give us, not only accounts of individual lives, but also exemplars of actions and attitudes he wished to take root in the reader's life. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2543785 |