ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Foxe and his family fled to Europe when Queen Mary came into reign in 1553, eventually settling in Frankfurt. While they are in Frankfurt, Hugh Latimer is burned at the stake. Foxe loses many of his friends in this same way, and this fuels his desire to write a book against these acts.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was ordained a deacon of the Church of England. Foxe worked for the Reformation, writing several tracts. He also began his account of martyrs but had carried it no further than 1500 when the accession of the Roman Catholic queen Mary I in 1553 forced him to flee overseas.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was led by famous reformers such as John Calvin (1509–1564) and Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) in Switzerland and John Knox (1513–1572) in Scotland. Other important leaders were Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), Martin Bucer (1491–1551), and Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1574).

Detailed explanation-4: -In Acts and Monuments, often called the Book of Martyrs, John Foxe linked sixteenth-century English martyrs to the ancient Christian martyrs by paralleling their steadfast faith, their bravery on the days of their execution, and their resistance to enemies of the faith.