ABSTRACT
In 1563 John Foxe and the equally zealous Day were apparently willing to teach from visual stories, though their awareness of the dangers of their enterprise permeates the illustrative program of the edition. The primary narrative of Foxe's 1563 text is laid out on large folio pages in two columns of "black letter" type, conventional at the time for religious works. Knowing that any association with theGolden Legend would undermine the usefulness of his book, Foxe worked hard to establish the Acts and Monuments as history rather than legend. Knowing that any association with the Golden Legend would undermine the usefulness of his book, Foxe worked hard to establish the Acts and Monuments as history rather than legend. By 1570, and with a slightly different readership in mind, Foxe had revised his account of the executed Catholics to ensure that the conclusion was unambiguous.
