William Byron Forbush

Fox's Book of Martyrs - A History of the Lives, Sufferings and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and Protestant Martyrs (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When one recollects that until the appearance of the Pilgrims Progress the common people had almost no other reading matter except the Bible and Foxs Book of Martyrs, we can understand the deep impression that this book produced and how it served to mold the national character. Those who could read for themselves learned the full details of all the atrocities performed on the Protestant reformers the illiterate could see the rude illustrations of the various instruments of torture, the rack, the gridiron, the boiling oil, and then the holy ones breathing out their souls amid the flames. Take a people just awakening to a new intellectual and religious life let several generations of them, from childhood to old age, pore over such a book, and its stories become traditions as individual and almost as potent as songs and customs on a nations life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read Books Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 742
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446547847
• Artikelnr.: 38308640

Autorenporträt

William Byron Forbush (1868-1927) was an American author, educator, and minister known for his works on history, mythology, and youth education. He wrote extensively on a range of topics and his writings are characterised by their engaging style and commitment to education, bringing historical and mythological tales to life.