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Reformation

The events that led to a permanent schism in the Western Christian church. The protest of Martin Luther in 1517 struck a chord with many who felt that the church had become worldly and needed... read more

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The study of the religious upheavals that took place in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has proved one of the most provocative areas of recent scholarship. Alec Ryrie looks at some of the key works of recent years.

Sheldon van Auken on the great English historian of the Reformation.

J.W.N. Watkins illustrates how the great individualist thinkers of the 17th century had a profound effect upon the development of modern Europe.

The Church of King's Langley, Hertfordshire, contains a richly decorated tomb. Was it destined to be Richard II's?

Michael Mullett shows that key Protestant reformers were influenced by Erasmus's Christian Humanism, as well as by Luther's theology.

Patrick Williams reveals the courage of Henry VIII's Spanish wife.

Launching our new 'Treasures from the London Library' series, Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros highlights several books with examples of both Catholic and Lutheran visual propaganda used during the Reformation. 

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Richard Wilkinson elucidates the paradoxical career of one of the key figures of English Protestantism.

Simon Lemieux examines examples of German Protestant propaganda.

Lucy Wooding introduces a highly significant, but often much misunderstood, cultural force.

R. E. Foster puts the dissolution of the monasteries into historical context.

Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke look at the ways ordinary people responded to  religious changes within their places of worship from the Reformation to the Restoration.

Michael Mullett introduces the life and work of a remarkable Protestant leader.

Marie Rowlands charts the changing fortunes of a religious minority.

Derek Wilson looks at the great religious reformer and asks why his life and work have seemed so ­significant to so many diverse people for almost 500 years.


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