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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Archbishop Pole Archbishop Pole John Edwards This fresh exploration of the life, work and writing of Archbishop Pole, focuses particularly on Pole's final years (1556-58) as Archbishop of Canterbury. Fully integrating Pole's English and Contine… OL17197732W
Bloody Mary's martyrs Bloody Mary's martyrs Jasper Godwin Ridley "Mary was proclaimed Queen of England on 20 July 1553, and as an essential part of what she saw as her God-given mission to restore Catholicism and papal supremacy in England, she set about the burni… OL1955481W
Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal John Matusiak 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL19645238W
Reformation divided Reformation divided Eamon Duffy Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the events of 1517, Reformation Divided explores the impact in England of the cataclysmic transformations of European Christianity in the sixteenth and seve… OL19717477W
Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell Tracy Borman Reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power, Thomas Cromwell was also a loving husband, father and guardian, a witty and generous host, and a loyal and devoted se… OL19992676W
John Knox and the British Reformations John Knox and the British Reformations Roger A. Mason "John Knox is one of the towering figures of the European Reformation, his name synonymous with hard-line evangelical Protestantism, and his influence spreading far beyond his native Scotland. The pr… OL20943799W
Tudor church militant Tudor church militant Diarmaid MacCulloch xviii, 284 pages : 20 cm OL2282736W
The English Reformation The English Reformation Arthur Geoffrey Dickens Henry VIII officially brought the Protestant Reformation to England in the 1530s when he severed the English Church from the Papacy. But the seeds of the movement, according to A.G. Dickens, were pla… OL3639002W
The AntiChrist's lewd hat The AntiChrist's lewd hat Peter Lake "Short, cheap pamphlets were a common sight in early modern England. Bearing catchy titles and adorned with crude woodcuts, they told of notorious murders and of the sometimes providential means by w… OL4963929W
The Battle for the Bible in England, 1557-1582 The Battle for the Bible in England, 1557-1582 Cameron A. Mackenzie "In the sixteenth century, the vernacular Bible was a serious issue of debate between Protestants and Catholics. In the story of the English Bible, the period from 1557 to 1582 was especially importa… OL9621943W