'makes a valuable contribution in reminding us of the good angels which inhabited the imaginations of early modern England ... it also establishes the case for angels as "one of the traditional constituents of faith".' Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'fills a gap in the historiography of the English Reformation, and will be of use to graduate and undergraduate students alike in History and English Literature.' H-WRBI

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Medieval Angel, c. 1480–1530; Chapter 2 The Protestant Angel, c. 1530–80; Chapter 3 The Church of England Angel, c. 1580–1700; Chapter 4 The Confessionalized Angel, c. 1580–1700; Chapter 5 The Catholic Angel, c. 1550–1700; Chapter 6 The People’s Angel, c. 1550–1700; Chapter 7 The Empirical Angel, c. 1650–1700; conclusion Conclusion;