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Author: Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
Title: An abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
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Print source: An abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
Foxe, John, 1516-1587., Bright, Timothie, 1550-1615.
Imprinted at London: By I. Windet, at the assignment of Master Tim Bright, and are to be sold at Pauls wharf, at the signe of the Crosse-keyes, 1589.
Alternate titles: Actes and monuments. Abridgments.
Subject terms:
Martyrs -- Early works to 1800.
Persecution -- Early works to 1800.
Church history -- Early works to 1800.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01115.0001.001
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title page
To the Christian Reader.
An Abridgement of the first volume of the Ecclesiasticall history of Acts, and Monuments of Martyrs.
book 1
The first Persecution.
The second Persecution.
The thirde Persecution.
The fourth Persecution.
The fifth Persecution.
The sixt Persecution.
The seuenth Persecution.
The eight Persecution.
The ninth Persecution.
The tenth Persecution.
The rest of this history concerneth chiefly the affaires of the Church of England and Scotland.
book 3
The names and order of the Archbishops of Can∣terburie, from the time of king Egbert, to Wil∣liam the Conquerour.
The Printer to the Reader.
The fourth booke.
The fifth Booke.
¶ The names of the Archbishops of Canterbury.
The sixt Booke.
The names of the Archbishops of Canterbury, in this sixt booke continuing.
A briefe note of Ecclesiastical Lawes, ordeyned by cer∣taine auncient kings of this land, for gouernment of the church, before the Conquest.
Lawes of K. Iuas, or Iua.
Lawes of king Alured or Alfred.
Ecclesiasticall lawes of king Edward the Elder, and Githine the Dane king.
Lawes of king Ethelstane. Anno 924.
Lawes of king Edmund. Anno 94.
Lawes of King Edgar. Anno 959.
King Canutus. 1016.
book 7
These which follow are French martyrs.
The residue of the French martyrs.
The residue of Dutch Martyrs.
A note of Spanish Martirs.
The execrable Inquisition of Spaine.
A note of Italian Martirs.
The persecution of Merindole and Cabriers.
The histories of the persecutions and warres against the Waldenses, in the valleies of Angroigne, Lucern, S. Martin Perouse, and other in the countrie of Piedmount from the yeere 1555. till the yeere 1561.
volume 2
The Abridgement of the second vo∣lume of the Ecclesiasticall historie of the Actes and monuments of Martyrs from the time of King Henrie the eight, to Queene Elizabeth, our gracious Ladie now reigning.
The ninth Booke.
The tenth Booke.
The eleuenth Booke.
The Historie of Thomas Cranmer Archyshop of Canterburie, burned for the truth. An∣no, 1556.
The twelfth and last Booke.
Names of priests wiues that had accesse to their husbands.
The names of the mainteiners against this complaint.
Their requests to punish, and conuent certaine for example.
The miraculous preseruation of Lady Elizabeth, now our most gratious Queene of England.
The vnprosperous successe of Q. Marie, while she persecuted the children of God.
The seuere punishment of God vpon the persecutors of his people.
A Table of all the principall mat∣ters conteyned in this Booke.
part 1
The Table of the second part.