Reformation England 1480-1642

Reformation England 1480-1642, 3rd Edition, is an introductory history textbook that provides a narrative account of the religious transformations in England between 1480 and 1642. Alongside its historical narrative, the book explains how historical interpretations of major Reformation themes have developed, where they stand, and their likely future trajectory.

The text examines early Tudor Catholicism, the royal policies of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I, Elizabethan and Jacobean Puritanism, and Catholic survival, concluding with the religious conflicts that led to the seventeenth-century civil war.

Designed for students encountering the subject for the first time, this third edition added maps, illustrations, and an afterword evaluating the Reformation's lasting legacies in English and British history.