This collection of essays seeks to bring some of the most recent innovative work on the English Reformation to the attention of teachers and students, and to show how a new understanding of the subject can be built up from work which has so far been hidden away in technical academic journals.List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction Christopher Haigh; 1. The recent historiography of the English Reformation Christopher Haigh; 2. Chruch courts and the Reformation in the diocese of Chichester, 150058 Stephen Lander; 3. Anticlericalism and the English Reformation Christopher Haigh; 4. The Henrician reformation and the parish clergy Margaret Bowkler; 5. Popular reactions to the Reformation during the years of uncertainty, 153070 D. M. Palliser; 6. The local impact of the Tudor Reformations Ronald Hutton; 7. Revival and reform in Mary Tudor's Church: a question of money R. H. Pogson; 8. Bonner and the Marian persecutions Gina Alexander; 9. The continuity of Catholicism in the English Reformation Christopher Haigh; Conclusion Christopher Haigh; Index.' & essential reading for students of the Reformation & the editor offers a coherent new synthesis to replace the old.' The Times Higher Education Supplement