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. Pantaleon’s c...

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Main Authors: Gehring, David S., Freeman, Thomas S.
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46586/
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description 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.
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spelling nottingham-465862018-04-02T07:49:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46586/ Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon Gehring, David S. Freeman, Thomas S. 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. Cambridge University Press 2018-03-27 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46586/1/ACCEPTED%20Pantaleon%20%2812%20September%202017%29.pdf Gehring, David S. and Freeman, Thomas S. (2018) Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon. Journal of Ecclesiastical History . ISSN 1469-7637 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-ecclesiastical-history/article/martyrologists-without-boundaries-the-collaboration-of-john-foxe-and-heinrich-pantaleon/CB324EBFFBD69CF22F8586B275012DED doi:10.1017/S002204691700272X doi:10.1017/S002204691700272X
spellingShingle Gehring, David S.
Freeman, Thomas S.
Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon
title Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon
title_full Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon
title_fullStr Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon
title_full_unstemmed Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon
title_short Martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of John Foxe and Heinrich Pantaleon
title_sort martyrologists without boundaries: the collaboration of john foxe and heinrich pantaleon
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