Reformation in Britain and Ireland [Paperback]

This is an innovative volume which studies the coming of reform in the sixteenth century more broadly than do traditional national narratives of religious change. It argues for an interactive and comparative understanding of this crucial dimension of British and Irish history. Through the examination of political choices, of ecclesiastical structures, and of individual religious attitudes, it seeks to explain the success or failure of Protestantism in these islands.

1.Part 1: The Traditional OrderAuthority and Control
2. The State of the Clergy
3. Communities and Beliefs
4.Part 2: The Coming of ReformationThe Politics of Reform, 1530-1558
5. The Clergy in the Years of Change
6. Responses to Change: the Laity and the Church
7.Part 3: Word and DoctrineThe Word Disseminated
8. Theology and Worship
9.Part 4: Reformations Established and ContestedCuius Regio, Eius Religio? The Churches, Politics, and Religious Identities, 1558-1600
10. Reforming People and Community: Church, Clergy, and Laity, 1558-1600

This pioneering study is a promising effort in placing the English Reformation in a British Isles context. --Religious Studies Review