Religion and the book in early modern England: the making of Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs'

"John Foxe's Acts and Monuments - popularly known as the 'Book of Martyrs' - is a milestone in the history of the English book. An essential history of the English Reformation and a seminal product of it, no English book before it had been as long or as lavishly illustrated. Exam...

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Authors: Evenden, Elizabeth 1959- (Author) ; Freeman, Thomas S. 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:Religion and the book in early modern England. The making of John Foxe's ‘Book of Martyrs’. By Elizabeth Evenden and Thomas S. Freeman. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History.) Pp. xiv+387 incl. 14 ills. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. £60. 978 0 521 83349 3 (2013) (Quinn, Paul)
[Rezension von: Evenden, Elizabeth, Religion and the Book in Early Modern England: The Making of Foxe's "Book of Martyrs." Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History] (2012) (Marshall, Peter)
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Foxe, John 1516-1587, Actes and monuments of these latter and perillous dayes / Book art
B Foxe, John 1516-1587, Actes and monuments of these latter and perillous dayes
Further subjects:B Foxe, John (1516-1587) Influence
B Book industries and trade (England) History 16th century
B Christian literature Publishing England History 16th century
B Foxe, John (1516-1587) Actes and monuments
B Christian martyrs Biography
B Printing (England) History 16th century
B Reformation (England)
B Illustrated books (England) History 15th and 16th centuries
B Martyrologies History and criticism
B Day, John (1522-1584)
B Church History Historiography
B Christian literature, English (Middle) History and criticism
B Foxe, John, 1516-1587 Acts and monuments
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