Martyrs and Heretics

Resources Documenting the First Attempts at English Translations of the Bible

Foxe, John, 1516–1587. [Actes and monuments] The first uolume of the ecclesiasticall history contaynyng the actes and monumentes of thynges passed in euery kynges tyme in this realme, especially in the Church of England principally to be noted. With a full discourse of such persecutions, horrible troubles, the sufferyng of martyrs, and other thinges incident, touchyng aswel the sayd Church of England as also Scotland, and all other foreine nations, from the primitiue tyme till the reigne of K. Henry viij. Newly recognised and inlarged by the author Iohn Foxe. London: printed by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate. These bookes are to be sold at hys shop vnder the gate, 1570.
Call Number: STC 11223 Vol. 1 & 2

Tyndale, William, d. 1536. The obedience of Christen man, [and] how christe[n] rulers ought to gouerne, where in also (yf thow marke dylygently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceaue the crafty conueyaunce of all iugglers. [Imprinted at London: by Thomas Ranalde and Wyllyam Hyll, and are to be solde at the north dore of Paules by Rychard Iugge at the sygne of the Byble, [1548?]]
Call Number: STC 24450.
Notes: In this book, Tyndale argues for translating the Bible into English.