Martyrologists without Boundaries: The Collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon

Amid the great Protestant martyrologies of the mid-sixteenth century, Heinrich Pantaleon's Martyrvm historia (1563) has been comparatively overlooked. This article argues that Pantaleon's martyrology acted as a capstone to the narrative framework of Protestant suffering and resistance. Pan...

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Published inThe Journal of ecclesiastical history Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 746 - 767
Main Authors FREEMAN, THOMAS S., GEHRING, DAVID SCOTT
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2018
Subjects
British history
Christianity
Collaboration
Colloquial language
Historical text analysis
Martyrs
Plot (Narrative)
Religious history
Source studies
England
United Kingdom > UK
France
Europe
Germany
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Summary:Amid the great Protestant martyrologies of the mid-sixteenth century, Heinrich Pantaleon's Martyrvm historia (1563) has been comparatively overlooked. This article argues that Pantaleon's martyrology acted as a capstone to the narrative framework of Protestant suffering and resistance. Pantaleon's command of vernacular languages gave him access to a wider range of material than other martyrologists, material which his Latin text made accessible to learned readers across Europe. This article also examines the collaboration between Pantaleon and John Foxe, which directly inspired Pantaleon's martyrology and enabled Foxe to give a cohesive, trans-European account of Protestant martyrs in his Acts and monuments.
ISSN:0022-0469
1469-7637
DOI:10.1017/S002204691700272X