John Foxe (1516-1587) es reconocido como uno de los ms importantes historiadores cristianos. Exilado por las persecuciones habidas en Inglaterra durante el reinado de Mara la Sanguinaria, a su regreso, despus de la muerte de la reina, public su famoso Libro de los mrtires, una obra que caus tal impacto en la sociedad inglesa de la poca, que, hasta la aparicin de El peregrino de Bunyan en 1678, los puritanos no tenan otra lectura que la Biblia y el Libro de los mrtires. Muchos autores, como Douglas Campbell y Henry Morley, creen que sirvi para moldear el carcter nacional y el espritu de libertad en Amrica, calificndolo como «un monumento que marca el creciente poder de un deseo de libertad espiritual, de desafo a todas aquellas formas que apagan la conciencia y que encadenan el pensamiento . El libro -ampliado despus de la muerte de Foxe- es un testimonio histrico de las persecuciones desencadenadas contra los verdaderos cristianos. La edicin espaola presenta una recopilacin completa de la vida y testimonio de los ms insignes mrtires primitivos y de los mrtires protestantes, desde los tiempos de los apstoles hasta las misiones de finales del siglo XIX.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
John Foxe (1516-1587) is recognized as one of the most important Christian historians. Exiled due to the persecutions in England during the reign of Mary the Bloody, upon his return after the queen's death, he published his famous Book of Martyrs, a work that caused such an impact on English society at the time that it Until the appearance of Bunyan's Pilgrim in 1678, the Puritans had no other reading than the Bible and the Book of Martyrs. Many authors, such as Douglas Campbell and Henry Morley, believe that it served to shape the national character and the spirit of liberty in America, calling it "a monument marking the growing power of a desire for spiritual liberty, for defiance of all those forms that they extinguish the conscience and that chain the thought . The book - enlarged after Foxe's death - is a historical testimony of the persecutions unleashed against true Christians. The Spanish edition presents a complete compilation of the life and testimony of the most famous primitive martyrs and Protestant martyrs, from the times of the apostles to the missions of the late 19th century.