ABSTRACT
Offers a concise synthesis of the valuable research accomplished in recent years which has transformed our view of religious belief and practice in pre-Reformation England. The author argues that the church was neither in a state of crisis, nor were its members clamouring for change, let alone `reformation' during the early years of Henry VIII's reign.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |8 pages
The Background
chapter |8 pages
The Western Church in the Later Middle Ages
part |82 pages
Analysis
chapter |15 pages
The English Church, the Crown and the Papacy
chapter |12 pages
The English Bishops
chapter |8 pages
The Religious Orders
chapter |10 pages
The Parish Clergy
chapter |10 pages
The Church Courts and the English People
chapter |27 pages
Religious Belief and Practice
part |6 pages
Assessment
chapter |6 pages
The Popularity and Diversity of Late Medieval Religion
part |20 pages
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