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Now in its third edition,
Reformation England 1480-1642 provides a clear and accessible narrative account of the English Reformation, explaining how historical interpretations of its major themes have changed and developed over the past few decades, where they currently stand, and where they seem likely to go.
This new edition brings the text fully up-to-date with description and analysis of recent scholarship on the pre-Reformation Church, the religious policies of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, the impact of Elizabethan and Jacobean Puritanism, the character of English Catholicism, the pitfalls of studying popular religion, and the relationship between the Reformation and the outbreak of civil war in the seventeenth century.
With a significant amount of fresh material, including maps, illustrations and a substantial new Afterword on the Reformation's legacies in English (and British) history,
Reformation England 1480-1642 will continue to be an indispensable guide for students approaching the complexities and controversies of the English Reformation for the first time, as well as for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of this fascinating and formative chapter in the history of England.
List of contents
Preface
Glossary
1. Catholic England 1480-1530
2. Henry VIII's Reformation 1525-1547
3. Edwardian Revolution 1547-1553
4. Queen Mary's Reformation 1553-1558
5. Protestantism and Puritanism 1559-1625
6. Religions of the People 1560-1630
7. Catholics in Protestant England 1560-1625
8. Charles I's Reformation 1625-1642
9. Legacies
Further Reading
Index
About the author
Peter Marshall is Professor of History at the University of Warwick, UK, where he has taught since 1994. A prize-winning commentator on the religious and cultural history of early modern Britain, his many publications include
The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction (2009),
Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story (2007),
Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation (2017), and
Invisible Worlds: Death, Religion and the Supernatural in England, 1500-1700 (2017).
Summary
Now in its third edition, Reformation England 1480-1642 provides a clear and accessible narrative account of the English Reformation, explaining how historical interpretations of its major themes have changed and developed over the past few decades, where they currently stand, and where they seem likely to go.
This new edition brings the text fully up-to-date with description and analysis of recent scholarship on the pre-Reformation Church, the religious policies of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, the impact of Elizabethan and Jacobean Puritanism, the character of English Catholicism, the pitfalls of studying popular religion, and the relationship between the Reformation and the outbreak of civil war in the seventeenth century.
With a significant amount of fresh material, including maps, illustrations and a substantial new Afterword on the Reformation's legacies in English (and British) history, Reformation England 1480-1642 will continue to be an indispensable guide for students approaching the complexities and controversies of the English Reformation for the first time, as well as for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of this fascinating and formative chapter in the history of England.
Foreword
An expanded and updated edition of this classic overview of the Reformation in England.
Additional text
A balanced, insightful and humane account of the religious complexities and upheavals of early modern England, by one of the leading experts in the field. If there is one introductory text that every student new to the subject should read, then this is it.
