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"John Foxe's Acts and Monuments - popularly known as the 'Book of Martyrs' - is a milestone in the history of the English book. An essential history of the English Reformation and a seminal product of it, no English book before it had been as long or as lavishly illustrated. Examining the research behind the work and also its financing, printing and dissemination, Elizabeth Evenden and Thomas S. Freeman argue that, apart from Foxe's zeal and industry, the book was only made possible by extensive cooperation between its printer, John Day, and the Elizabethan government. Government patronage, rather than market forces, lay behind the book's success and ensured the triumph of a Protestant interpretation of the Reformation for centuries to come. Based on little-used manuscript sources, this book offers a unique insight not only into the 'Book of Martyrs' and the history of the English book, but into English history itself"-- "The word 'book' incorporates two related but separate concepts. The first is of the book as a text, which embodies the thoughts and attitudes of its author or authors. Thus we speak of the books of Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, or Karl Marx, when what we really mean are the ideas and concepts presented by these authors, rather than the physical books themselves. Yet a printed book is also a material object, as well as a compendium of ideas and beliefs. Moreover, it is a material object which is only created by means of specialised labour and equipment. The production of printed books in early modern Europe was the result of a complex, cumbersome and costly industrial process. To comprehend fully the contents and influence of an early modern 'book', in the first sense of the word, it is desirable, sometimes even necessary, to understand the physical process by which it was created"--

Christian martyrs --- Martyrologies --- Church history --- Printing --- Book industries and trade --- Illustrated books --- Reformation --- Martyrs chrétiens --- Martyrologes --- Eglise --- Imprimerie --- Livres --- Livres illustrés --- Réforme (Christianisme) --- Biography. --- History and criticism. --- Historiography. --- History --- Biographies --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Historiographie --- Industrie --- Foxe, John, --- Day, John, --- Influence. --- Foxe, John --- 094.1 <41 LONDON> --- 094.1 <41> --- 094 FOXE, JOHN --- 2 FOXE, JOHN --- 283*1 --- 284.1*4 --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Europa--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--FOXE, JOHN --- Godsdienst. Theologie--FOXE, JOHN --- Anglicanisme:--16de eeuw --- Protestantse martelaarsboeken --- 284.1*4 Protestantse martelaarsboeken --- 283*1 Anglicanisme:--16de eeuw --- 094 FOXE, JOHN Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--FOXE, JOHN --- 094.1 <41> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Europa--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 094.1 <41 LONDON> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- 094 "15" --- English Reformation --- Necrologies --- Books --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- 094 "15" Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--16e eeuw. Periode 1500-1599 --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--16e eeuw. Periode 1500-1599 --- Biography --- Historiography --- History and criticism --- Fox, John, --- Fox, --- Fox, Iohn, --- Bale, John, --- Norfolk, Thomas Howard, --- Daye, John, --- Daye, Iohn, --- Daie, Jhon, --- Day, Iohn, --- Day, J. --- Daij, Iohannis, --- Book history --- Influence --- Day, John --- Church history - Historiography --- Martyrologies - History and criticism --- Christian martyrs - Biography --- Printing - England - History - 16th century --- Book industries and trade - England - History - 16th century --- Illustrated books - England - History - 15th and 16th centuries --- Reformation - England --- Foxe, John, - 1516-1587 - Actes and monuments --- Day, John, - 1522-1584 --- Foxe, John, - 1516-1587 - Influence --- Foxe, John (1516-1587) --- Day, John (1522-1584) --- Martyrs chrétiens --- Église --- Réforme --- Industrie et commerce --- Grande-Bretagne --- Angleterre (GB) --- 16e siècle --- Foxe, John, - 1516-1587