John Foxe (1516/17[1] – 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, tetapi menekankan penindasan umat Protestan Inggris dan proto-Protestan dari abad ke-14 sampai masa pemerintahan Mary I. Banyak dimiliki dan dibaca oleh Puritan Inggris, buku tersebut membantu mempengaruhi opini populer Inggris tentang Gereja Katolik selama beberapa abad.[2]
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^"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. But Samuel is very inaccurate in such matters; his diary misdates important happenings in his own life; and [his other son] Simeon's statement is too precise to be disregarded." Mozley, 12.
^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.
Haller, William (1963) Foxe's First Book of Martyrs and the Elect Nation. London: Jonathan Cape
MacLure, Millar (comp.) (1989) Register of Sermons Preached at Paul's Cross 1534–1642; revised and expanded by Peter Pauls and Jackson Campbell Boswell. Ottawa: Dovehouse Editions
Mozley, J. F. (1940) John Foxe and His Book. London: SPCK
Artikel ini menyertakan teks dari suatu terbitan yang sekarang berada pada ranah publik: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Foxe, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. 10 (edisi ke-11). Cambridge University Press. hlm. 770–771.
