John Foxe: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''John Foxe''' (1516/17<ref>"The patent of arms granted in 1590 to the family of John Foxe, and first printed by Maitland from a copy of 1692 in the college of arms, gives his birth year as 1516, and the date may have been supplied by [his own son] [[Samuel Foxe|Samuel]]. But Samuel is very inaccurate in such matters; his diary misdates important happenings in his own life; and [his other son] [[Simeon Fox|Simeon]]'s statement is too precise to be disregarded." Mozley, 12.</ref> – 18 April 1587) adalah seorang sejarawan dan [[martirologis]] asal Inggris, pengarang ''[[Actes and Monuments]]'' (lebih dikenal sebagai ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''), sebuah catatan para martir [[Kristen]] sepanjang sejarah Barat, namuntetapi menekankan penindasan umat [[Protestan]] Inggris dan proto-Protestan dari abad ke-14 sampai masa pemerintahan [[Mary I dari Inggris|Mary I]]. Banyak dimiliki dan dibaca oleh [[Puritan Inggris]], buku tersebut membantu mempengaruhi opini populer Inggris tentang [[Gereja Katolik]] selama beberapa abad.<ref>William Haller, ''Foxe's First Book of Martyrs and the Elect Nation'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1963) argues that the ''Acts and Monuments'' is a complex book, portraying the English church as a body of elect people whose history of suffering and dedication to the faith echo the history of Israel in the Old Testament.</ref>