An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

John Foxe

2 books referenced

Books by John Foxe

Fox's Book of Martyrs

Referenced in 2 episodes

542. Elizabeth I’s Sorcerer: Angels and Demons in Renaissance Europe

February 24, 2025

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Referenced as 'the great volume recounting the Marian persecution of Protestants' in which Dee appears and is referred to as 'the great conjurer'

212. Haunted London (Part 4)

July 21, 2022

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Mentioned in discussion of Protestant martyrs burned at Smithfield - 'And the great theme of Fox's Book of Martyrs, this sense that the revival of Catholicism would mean Protestants being burnt in Smithfield, haunted the imaginings of Protestants throughout the late 16th, 17th century.'

Book of Martyrs

Referenced in 1 episode

115. The Gunpowder Plot

November 04, 2021

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Referenced when discussing Protestant fears of Catholic conspiracy during Elizabeth's reign - described as 'this huge saga of sort of Protestant martyrs being killed by evil Catholics'