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Fox’s Book of Martyrs

Chapter 1—History of Christian Martyrs to the First General Persecutions Under Nero

I. St. Stephen

II. James the Great

III. Philip

IV. Matthew

V. James the Less

VI. Matthias

VII. Andrew

VIII. St. Mark

IX. Peter

X. Paul

XI. Jude

XII. Bartholomew

XIII. Thomas

XIV. Luke

XV. Simon

XVI. John

XVII. Barnabas

Chapter 2—The Ten Primitive Persecutions

The First Persecution, Under Nero, A.D. 67

The Second Persecution, Under Domitian, A.D. 81

The Third Persecution, Under Trajan, A.D. 108

The Fourth Persecution, Under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus,162 A.D.

The Fifth Persecution, Commencing with Severus, A.D. 192

The Sixth Persecution, Under Maximus, A.D. 235

The Seventh Persecution, Under Decius, A.D. 249

The Eighth Persecution, Under Valerian, A.D. 257

The Ninth Persecution Under Aurelian, A.D. 274

The Tenth Persecution, Under Diocletian, A.D. 303

Chapter 3—Persecutions of the Christians in Persia

Persecutions Under the Arian Heretics

Persecution Under Julian the Apostate

Persecution of the Christians by the Goths and Vandals

The Last Roman “Triumph”

Persecutions from About the Middle of the Fifth, to the Conclusion of the Seventh Century

Persecutions from the Early Part of the Eighth, to Near the Conclusion of the Tenth Century

Persecutions in the Eleventh Century

Chapter 4—Papal Persecutions

Persecution of the Waldenses in France

Persecutions of the Albigenses

The Bartholomew Massacre at Paris, etc.

From the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, to the French Revolution, in 1789

Martyrdom of John Calas

Chapter 5—An Account of the Inquisition

Some Private Enormities of the Inquisition Laid Open, by a Very Singular Occurrence

The Persecution of Dr. Aegidio

The Persecution of Dr. Constantine

The Life of William Gardiner

The Story of Galileo

Summary of the Inquisition

Chapter 6—An Account of the Persecutions in Italy, Under the Papacy

An Account of the Persecutions of Calabria

Account of the Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont

An Account of the Persecutions in Venice

An Account of Several Remarkable Individuals, Who Were Martyred in Different Parts of Italy, on Account of Their Religion

An Account of the Persecutions in the Marquisate of Saluces

An Account of the Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont, in the Seventeenth Century

Further Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont, in the Seventeenth Century

A Narrative of the Piedmontese War

An Account of the Persecutions of Michael de Molinos, a Native of Spain

Chapter 7—An Account of the Life and Persecutions of John Wickliffe

John Wickliffe

Chapter 8—An Account of the Persecutions in Bohemia Under the Papacy

Persecution of John Huss

Persecution of Jerome of Prague

Chapter 9—An Account of the Life and Persecutions of Martin Luther

Chapter 10—General Persecutions in Germany

Chapter 11—An Account of the Persecutions in the Netherlands

Chapter 12—The Life and Story of the True Servant and Martyr of God, William Tyndale

Chapter 13—An Account of the Life of John Calvin

Calvin as a Friend of Civil Liberty

Chapter 14—An Account of the Persecutions in Great Britain and Ireland, Prior to the Reign of Queen Mary I

Chapter 15—An Account of the Persecutions in Scotland During the Reign of King Henry VIII

An Account of the Life, Sufferings, and Death of Mr. George Wishart, Who Was Strangled and afterward Burned, in Scotland, for Professing the Truth of the Gospel

Chapter 16—Persecutions in England During the Reign of Queen Mary

The Words and Behavior of the Lady Jane upon the Scaffold

John Rogers, Vicar of St. Sepulchre’s, and Reader of St. Paul’s, London

The Rev. Lawrence Saunders

The History, Imprisonment, and Examination of Mr. John Hooper, Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester

The Life and Conduct of Dr. Rowland Taylor of Hadley

Martyrdom of William Hunter

Dr. Robert Farrar

Martyrdom of Rawlins White

The Rev. George Marsh

William Flower

The Rev. John Cardmaker and John Warne

John Simpson and John Ardeley

Thomas Haukes, Thomas Watts, and Anne Askew

Rev. John Bradford, and John Leaf, an Apprentice

Rev. John Bland, Rev. John Frankesh, Nicholas Shetterden, and Humphrey Middleton

Dirick Carver and John Launder

John Denley, John Newman, and Patrick Packingham

W. Coker, W. Hooper, H. Laurence, R. Colliar, R. Wright and W. Stere

The Rev. Robert Samuel

Bishop Ridley and Bishop Latimer

John Lomas, Agnes Snoth, Anne Wright, Joan Sole, and Joan Catmer

Archbishop Cranmer

The Vision of Three Ladders

Hugh Laverick and John Aprice

Preservation of George Crow and His Testament

Executions at Stratford-le-Bow

Rev. Julius Palmer

Joan Waste and Others

Persecutions in the Diocese of Canterbury

Rev. John Hullier

Simon Miller and Elizabeth Cooper

Executions at Colchester

Mrs. Joyce Lewes

Executions at Islington

Mrs. Cicely Ormes

Rev. John Rough

Cuthbert Symson

Thomas Hudson, Thomas Carman, and William Seamen

The Story of Roger Holland

Flagellations by Bonner

Rev. Richard Yeoman

Thomas Benbridge

Mrs. Prest

Richard Sharpe, Thomas Banion, and Thomas Hale

J. Corneford, of Wortham; C. Browne, of Maidstone; J. Herst, of Ashford; Alice Snoth, and Catharine Knight, an Aged Woman

Deliverance of Dr. Sands

Queen Mary’s Treatment of Her Sister, the Princess Elizabeth

God’s Punishment upon Some of the Persecutors of His People in Mary’s Reign

Chapter 17—Rise and Progress of the Protestant Religion in Ireland; with an Account of the Barbarous Massacre of 1641

An Account of the Persecutions of Friends, Commonly Called Quakers, in the United States

Chapter 18—The Rise, Progress, Persecutions, and Sufferings of the Quakers

Chapter 19—An Account of the Life and Persecutions of John Bunyan

Chapter 20—An Account of the Life of John Wesley

The Arrival of King Louis XVIII at Paris

This was known at Nismes on the thirteenth of April, 1814.

The History of the Silver Child

The Catholic Arms at Beaucaire

Massacre and Pillage at Nismes

Royal Decree in Favor of the Persecuted

Petition of the Protestant Refugees

Monstrous Outrage Upon Females

Outrages Committed in the Villages, etc.

Further Account of the Proceedings of the Catholics at Nismes

Attack Upon the Protestant Churches

Murder of General La Garde

Interference of the British Government

Ultimate Resolution of the Protestants at Nismes

Chapter 21—Persecutions of the French Protestants in the South of France, During the Years 1814 and 1820

The Persecution of Doctor Judson

Removal of the Prisoners to Oung-pen-la-Mrs. Judson Follows Them

Missionary Beginnings

Epilogue to the Original Edition

Chapter 22—The Beginnings of American Foreign Missions

This Christian classic tells the stories of brave men and women who were martyred for their faith in the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries

Foxe’s Book of Martyrs

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Foxe’s Book of Martyrs