A01=V. Norskov Olsen
Author_V. Norskov Olsen
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Christianity
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church history
English literature
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history of religion
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Protestantism
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520365902
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2022
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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John Foxe and the Elizabethan Church by V. Norskov Olsen offers a deeply researched study of one of the most influential figures of the English Reformation. Foxe, best known for his monumental Acts and Monuments (popularly called the Book of Martyrs), has long been seen as a martyrologist and historian. Olsen goes further, presenting Foxe as a theologian whose ecclesiology shaped both Elizabethan religious identity and subsequent Protestant self-understanding. By tracing Foxe’s engagement with Christian Humanism, Puritan impulses, and the politics of the Elizabethan Settlement, Olsen demonstrates how Foxe articulated a vision of the Church that was simultaneously Anglican, reformist, and deeply apocalyptic.
This volume situates Foxe within broader currents of Protestant historiography and apocalyptic thought, emphasizing his unique synthesis of Erasmian moderation, Puritan rigor, and English nationalism. Through close readings of Foxe’s minor works alongside the successive editions of the Acts and Monuments, Olsen reconstructs Foxe’s understanding of the Church as both persecuted and triumphant, defined by continuity with the ancient faith and oriented toward eschatological hope. Essential for scholars of Reformation theology, church history, and Elizabethan religion, the book reframes Foxe not simply as a chronicler of martyrdom, but as a central architect of Protestant ecclesial thought.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
This volume situates Foxe within broader currents of Protestant historiography and apocalyptic thought, emphasizing his unique synthesis of Erasmian moderation, Puritan rigor, and English nationalism. Through close readings of Foxe’s minor works alongside the successive editions of the Acts and Monuments, Olsen reconstructs Foxe’s understanding of the Church as both persecuted and triumphant, defined by continuity with the ancient faith and oriented toward eschatological hope. Essential for scholars of Reformation theology, church history, and Elizabethan religion, the book reframes Foxe not simply as a chronicler of martyrdom, but as a central architect of Protestant ecclesial thought.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
