English reformations
Subtitle: religion, politics, and society under the Tudors
By: Christopher Haigh.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Reformation -- England.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603.; England -- Social conditions -- 16th century.; Great Britain -- Church history -- 16th century.; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Description: Christopher Haigh's study disproves any assumption that the triumph of Protestantism was inevitable, and goes beyond the surface of official political policy to explore the religious views and practices of ordinary English people. With the benefit of hindsight, other historians have traced the course of the Reformation as a series of events inescapably culminating in the creation of the English Protestant establishment. Haigh sets out to recreate the sixteenth century as a time of excitement and insecurity, with each new policy or ruler causing the reversal of earlier religious changes. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-342) and index.