In the sixteenth century, the people of England witnessed the physical transformation of their most valued buildings: their parish churches. This is the first e

The Parish Church was the primary site of religious practice throughout the early modern period. This was particularly so for the silent majority of the English

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 'happ

In the fifty years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being one of the most lavishly Catholic countries in Europe to being a Protestant nation, a land of

The first comprehensive survey of the religious, social and cultural life of late medieval and Reformation parishes covers town and country, northern as well as