Felicity Heal is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Jesus College. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.

... [a] wonderful book.. the book's greatest strength is its comparative framework.

• PART 1: THE TRADITIONAL ORDER ; 1. Authority and Control ; 2. The State of the Clergy ; 3. Communities and Beliefs ; PART 2: THE COMING OF REFORMATION ; 4. The Politics of Reform, 1530-1558 ; 5. The Clergy in the Years of Change ; 6. Responses to Change: The Laity and the Church ; PART 3: WORD AND DOCTRINE ; 7. The Word Disseminated ; 8. Theology and Worship ; PART 4: REFORMATIONS ESTABLISHED AND CONTESTED ; 9. Cuius Regio, Eius Religio? The Churches, Politics, and Religious Identities, 1558-1600 ; 10. Reforming People and Community: Church, Clergy, and Laity, 1558-1600

Felicity Heal is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Jesus College. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.

... [a] wonderful book.. the book's greatest strength is its comparative framework.

• PART 1: THE TRADITIONAL ORDER ; 1. Authority and Control ; 2. The State of the Clergy ; 3. Communities and Beliefs ; PART 2: THE COMING OF REFORMATION ; 4. The Politics of Reform, 1530-1558 ; 5. The Clergy in the Years of Change ; 6. Responses to Change: The Laity and the Church ; PART 3: WORD AND DOCTRINE ; 7. The Word Disseminated ; 8. Theology and Worship ; PART 4: REFORMATIONS ESTABLISHED AND CONTESTED ; 9. Cuius Regio, Eius Religio? The Churches, Politics, and Religious Identities, 1558-1600 ; 10. Reforming People and Community: Church, Clergy, and Laity, 1558-1600

Felicity Heal is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Jesus College. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.

... [a] wonderful book.. the book's greatest strength is its comparative framework.

• PART 1: THE TRADITIONAL ORDER ; 1. Authority and Control ; 2. The State of the Clergy ; 3. Communities and Beliefs ; PART 2: THE COMING OF REFORMATION ; 4. The Politics of Reform, 1530-1558 ; 5. The Clergy in the Years of Change ; 6. Responses to Change: The Laity and the Church ; PART 3: WORD AND DOCTRINE ; 7. The Word Disseminated ; 8. Theology and Worship ; PART 4: REFORMATIONS ESTABLISHED AND CONTESTED ; 9. Cuius Regio, Eius Religio? The Churches, Politics, and Religious Identities, 1558-1600 ; 10. Reforming People and Community: Church, Clergy, and Laity, 1558-1600