Review from previous edition I cannot think of a book more keenly aware of the linguistic complexities of early modern texts and of their political implications.

• Note to the Reader ; Abbreviations ; Prologue: The Reformation and Literary Culture ; I. HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY IN NORTHERN EUROPE 1512-1527 ; The Reformation of the Reader ; New Grammar and New Theology ; Erasmus contra Luther ; II. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1521-1603 ; Vernacular Theology ; Protestant Culture ; III. LITERATURE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1580-1640 ; Calvinist and Anti-Calvinist ; Recusant Poetry ; God's Grammar ; Epilogue: Revolutionary English ; Primary Sources ; Secondary Sources ; Index

Review from previous edition I cannot think of a book more keenly aware of the linguistic complexities of early modern texts and of their political implications.

• Note to the Reader ; Abbreviations ; Prologue: The Reformation and Literary Culture ; I. HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY IN NORTHERN EUROPE 1512-1527 ; The Reformation of the Reader ; New Grammar and New Theology ; Erasmus contra Luther ; II. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1521-1603 ; Vernacular Theology ; Protestant Culture ; III. LITERATURE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1580-1640 ; Calvinist and Anti-Calvinist ; Recusant Poetry ; God's Grammar ; Epilogue: Revolutionary English ; Primary Sources ; Secondary Sources ; Index

Review from previous edition I cannot think of a book more keenly aware of the linguistic complexities of early modern texts and of their political implications.

• Note to the Reader ; Abbreviations ; Prologue: The Reformation and Literary Culture ; I. HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY IN NORTHERN EUROPE 1512-1527 ; The Reformation of the Reader ; New Grammar and New Theology ; Erasmus contra Luther ; II. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1521-1603 ; Vernacular Theology ; Protestant Culture ; III. LITERATURE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1580-1640 ; Calvinist and Anti-Calvinist ; Recusant Poetry ; God's Grammar ; Epilogue: Revolutionary English ; Primary Sources ; Secondary Sources ; Index