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Heads that Rolled
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The Books of the Martyrs
A collection of 17th century works by and about those who suffered for their religious beliefs in the religio-political upheavals during and after the Protestant Reformation in England
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CONTENTS:
INDEX OF CONTENTS (A-M) The Authors and Those they Wrote About
INDEX OF CONTENTS (N-Z) -----------"-----------
BACKGROUND DETAILS About this Collection
HENRY VIII Herbert of Cherbury's biography of the man who started it all
MAURUS SCOTT A Catholic Martyr (d. 1612)
JOHN WILSON Catholic Martyrologist
CHARLES I (PART ONE) Works about, or Relating to, Charles I
CHARLES I (PART TWO) Works by, or Attributed to, Charles I
WILLIAM LAUD Archbishop of Canterbury during the Reign of Charles I
ISAAC AMBROSE AND HENRY BURTON Two Puritan Divines
ROBERT BARCLAY AND FRANCIS HOWGILL Two Quaker Apologists
CLARKE'S MARTYROLOGY (PART ONE) Mainly martyrs of former ages
CLARKE'S MARTYROLOGY (PART TWO) The tribulations of the Puritans
CHRISTOPHER LOVE A Presbyterian Minister, Executed under Cromwell
THE "POPISH PLOT" A Concocted Conspiracy
ALGERNON SIDNEY Regarded as a Martyr to the Republican Cause
JOHN ASHTON AND RICHARD GRAHAM Two Protestant Jacobites
These pages are the "virtual home" for my personal collection. That collection is still in its early stages. Some of the above pages need fleshing out with more material, and many more pages, covering different aspects of the topic, have yet to come into being. If you have, or know of, any material that you think may be of relevance, please contact me.
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