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Record Number: 21956


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I stayd till noone readinge in the Booke of Martirs'.

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

8 Mar 1666

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Atherton
county: Lancashire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Roger Lowe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Shopkeeper

Religion:

Presbyterian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Foxe

Title:

Book of Martyrs

Genre:

Other religious, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

21956

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

William L. Sachse

Title:

The Diary of Roger Lowe

Place of Publication:

London, New York, Toronto

Date of Publication:

1938

Vol:

n/a

Page:

99

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William L. Sachse (ed.), The Diary of Roger Lowe (London, New York, Toronto, 1938), p. 99, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21956, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

"Book of Martyrs" is the title by which Foxe's Acts and Monuments of these Latter and Perilous Days was popularly known.

   
   
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