Marian Protestantism: Six Studies (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History) Book

This series of six linked essays covers one of the most traumatic episodes of English Protestantism - the period of the Catholic restoration under Mary Tudor. These studies argue that the Protestant tradition created during the brief reign of Edward VI in fact proved to be unexpectedly resilient. This contrasts with most recent scholars who have stressed the considerable success enjoyed by the Marian regime in re-establishing traditional religion in England. The book also considers the relationship between English Protestantism and the major continental Protestant churches. The period between the accession of Edward and the end of Mary's reign is arguably the time when English Protestantism was most closely attuned to continental developments, reflected here in studies of the exile involvement in the Second Sacramentarian Controversy and of the exiles' Latin polemic.Read More