The Reformation and the English People

by J.J. Scarisbrick

Book Overview

The complex web of events which we call the Reformation had a profound and lasting effect on English life. This book is a new attempt to understand how it 'happened' and how English men and women responded to it. Using the evidence of wills and account-books, examining late medieval church building and, above all, the striking popularity of the lay fraternity, Professor Scarisbrick argues that there was little violent discontent with the old Church...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631147551
• ISBN13: 9780631147558
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.