Foxe's Book of Martyrs John Foxe Foxe's Book of Martyrs Table of Contents Foxe's Book of Martyrs............................................................................................................................................1 John Foxe.......................................................................................................................................................1 Edited by William Byron Forbush.................................................................................................................4 SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR........................................................................................................................5 I. St. Stephen..................................................................................................................................................9 II. James the Great.........................................................................................................................................9 III. Philip......................................................................................................................................................10 IV. Matthew.................................................................................................................................................10 V. James the Less.........................................................................................................................................10 VI. Matthias.................................................................................................................................................10 VII. Andrew.................................................................................................................................................10 VIII. St. Mark...............................................................................................................................................10 IX. Peter.......................................................................................................................................................11 X. Paul..........................................................................................................................................................11 XI. Jude........................................................................................................................................................11 XII. Bartholomew........................................................................................................................................11 XIII. Thomas................................................................................................................................................11 XIV. Luke....................................................................................................................................................11 XV. Simon...................................................................................................................................................11 XVI. John.....................................................................................................................................................12 XVII. Barnabas............................................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER I. History of Christian Martyrs to the First General Persecutions.........................................................12 CHAPTER II. The Ten Primitive Persecutions........................................................................................................12 The First Persecution, Under Nero, A.D. 67................................................................................................12 The Second Persecution, Under Domitian, A.D. 81....................................................................................13 The Third Persecution, Under Trajan, A.D. 108..........................................................................................13 The Fourth Persecution, Under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A.D. 162......................................................14 The Fifth Persecution, Commencing with Severus, A.D. 192.....................................................................17 The Sixth Persecution, Under Maximus, A.D. 235.....................................................................................18 The Seventh Persecution, Under Decius, A.D. 249.....................................................................................18 The Eighth Persecution, Under Valerian, A.D. 257.....................................................................................21 The Ninth Persecution Under Aurelian, A.D. 274.......................................................................................24 The Tenth Persecution, Under Diocletian, A.D. 303...................................................................................25 CHAPTER III. Persecutions of the Christians in Persia...........................................................................................31 Persecutions Under the Arian Heretics........................................................................................................32 Persecution Under Julian the Apostate........................................................................................................32 Persecution of the Christians by the Goths and Vandals.............................................................................33 The Last Roman "Triumph".........................................................................................................................34 Persecutions from About the Middle of the Fifth, to the Conclusion of the Seventh Century....................35 Persecutions from the Early Part of the Eighth, to Near the Conclusion of the Tenth Century..................36 Persecutions in the Eleventh Century..........................................................................................................37 CHAPTER IV. Papal Persecutions...........................................................................................................................38 Persecution of the Waldenses in France......................................................................................................38 Persecutions of the Albigenses....................................................................................................................39 The Bartholomew Massacre at Paris, etc.....................................................................................................41 From the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, to the French Revolution, in 1789........................................44 Martyrdom of John Calas.............................................................................................................................47 The Persecution of Dr. Aegidio...................................................................................................................49 i Foxe's Book of Martyrs Table of Contents Foxe's Book of Martyrs The Persecution of Dr. Constantine.............................................................................................................58 The Life of William Gardiner......................................................................................................................58 The Story of Galileo.....................................................................................................................................59 Summary of the Inquisition..........................................................................................................................67 Account of the Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont.............................................................................67 An Account of the Persecutions in Venice..................................................................................................68 An Account of Several Remarkable Individuals, Who Were Martyred in Different Parts of Italy, on Account of Their Religion..........................................................................................................................72 An Account of the Persecutions in the Marquisate of Saluces....................................................................77 An Account of the Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont, in the Seventeenth Century.........................78 Further Persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont, in the Seventeenth Century...........................................80 A Narrative of the Piedmontese War...........................................................................................................81 To the Obstinate Heretics Inhabiting Roras.................................................................................................84 An Account of the Persecutions of Michael de Molinos, a Native of Spain...............................................89 CHAPTER V. An Account of the Inquisition...........................................................................................................92 CHAPTER VI. An Account of the Persecutions in Italy, Under the Papacy............................................................97 CHAPTER VII. An Account of the Life and Persecutions of John Wickliffe.......................................................101 John Wickliffe............................................................................................................................................101