God's Hundred Years

Hubert J. Smith is a retired lecturer having taught at Anglia Polytechnic University (now Anglia Ruskin University) and Birkbeck College, University of London as a lecturer in religious studies. He holds degrees from the Universities of Nottingham and London and has published several works on religious education and the Christian faith. He is an occasional contributor to Reform, the journal of the United Reform Church.

• Introduction; The Background to the Reformation; 2. Developments in Religious Thought; John Wycliffe and his Successors; Martin Luther; Luther's Teachings; Philip Melanchthon; Ulrich Zwingli; Martin Bucer; John Calvin; Calvin's Teachings; The Radical Reformation; The Catholic Reformation; The Spread of Protestantism and the Wars of Religion; Protestantism Takes Shape; The Reformation in England: John Colet and Thomas More; Tyndale, Coverdale and the English Bible; Henry VIII and the Reformation Parliament; Edward VI and Mary Tudor; Elizabeth I and the Anglican Settlement; Recusancy in England and the Irish Situation; Expounders and Defenders of Anglicanism; The Puritans; The Independents; John Knox and the Reformation in Scotland; The Religious Situation at the Close of Elizabeth's Reign; Further Reading - Select Bibliography; Index.