The author, John Foxe, spares readers none of the detailed tortures suffered by martyrs such as Andrew, Matthew, James, John Wycliffe, John Huss, among countless others.
John Foxe was an English historian in the 16th century best known for writing the classic book known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
John Foxe (1516/17- 18 April 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of Actes and Monuments (popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs), an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history but emphasizing the ...