“The same cause and like quarell”: Eusebius, John Foxe, and the Evolution of Ecclesiastical History

In 1563, just five years after Elizabeth ascended to the throne, John Foxe published the first edition of his Acts and Monuments. Part ecclesiastical history, part martyrology, part English chronicle, and entirely Protestant, this enormously popular work had a significant impact upon its age. The de...

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Main Author: Minton, Gretchen E. (Author)
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2002
In: Church history
Year: 2002, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 715-742
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