John Foxe's sixteenth-century work documents Christian martyrdoms from the early church through Foxe's own time, with particular attention to the Protestant martyrs under England's Catholic Queen Mary I. Originally published in Latin in 1559 and in English in 1563, the book became hugely influential in shaping English Protestant identity. Foxe compiled accounts of deaths he considered martyrdoms - believers killed for their faith - from ancient sources and from contemporary witnesses to the Marian persecutions. His narratives emphasize the courage of those who chose death over recantation and the cruelty of those who condemned them. The book served for centuries as both devotional reading and anti-Catholic polemic, shaping how English Protestants understood their place in history. Modern historians have questioned the accuracy of some accounts while acknowledging the book's historical importance. This edition makes Foxe's work available to contemporary readers interested in Reformation history, the development of Protestant identity, or the literature of martyrdom. The accounts vary in their historical reliability but collectively reveal how early modern Christians understood persecution, suffering, and the relationship between earthly and heavenly kingdoms.