The book of martyrs : or, the History of Paganism and Popery. Wherein is contained, I. An Account of the Sufferings and Crucifixion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; with the Sufferings and Martyrdoms of the Apostles and Primitive Christians, under the Ten Heathen Persecutions: And also the Life of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Emperor. II. A Display of the horrid Persecutions and Cruelties, exercised upon Protestants by the Papists, for many Hundred Years past; as the Persecution of the Waldenses and Albigenses; the Massacre of the Protestants in Piedmont and France, with the Particulars of the bloody Massacre at Paris, the Siege of Rochel, &c. the Persecution of the Protestants in the Principality of Orange, Bohemia, Hungary, the Palatinate, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, Spain, with an Account of the bloody Inquisition; Portugal, and the Low-Countries. III. The English Martyrology; containing an Account of the Sufferings of the Protestant Martyrs in the Reigns of Henry IV. V. Viii. and that of Queen Mary; wherein is occasionally introduced some short Memorials of the Reformation. IV. A short Account of the Spanish Invasion, 1588. V. The Gun-Powder Treason, 1605. VI. The Fire of London, 1666. Vii. The horrid Popish-Plot in 1678. Viii. The Murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. IX. The detestable Conspiracies of the Papists, and their Adherents, against King William III. X. The Romish Persecutions in Scotland. XI. The Romish Persecutions in Ireland. XII. God's Judgments upon Persecutors. Abstracted from the best authors, both antient and modern.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian martyrs--Early works to 1800.

Christian martyrs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440,[8]p.,plate ) frontis. ;

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Book of martyrs

Place of Publication:

Coventry : printed by T. Luckman, near the Cross: and sold by J. Fuller, in Newgate-Street, near Cheapside, London; and by all the other booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, M,DCC,LXIV. [1764]

Notes:

With an index.

Reproduction of original from National Library of Wales.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T184364.

OCLC:

642507509