Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation

by Peter Marshall

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE

Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history--the first major overview for general readers in a generation--argues that sixteenth-century England was a society neither desperate for nor allergic to change, but one open to ideas of "reform" in various competing guises. King Henry VIII wanted an orderly, uniform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300234589
• ISBN13: 9780300234589
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"