A.G.. Dickens is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of London and co-author of The Reformation in Historical Thought (1985).
“There is no alternative in sight which comes close to conveying
the story of the English Reformation in narrative power and
substantial information.”—Heiko A. Oberman,University of
Arizona
“I seized the first edition of The English Reformation as soon as
it appeared, and it has been a dominating intellectual presence
ever since. It was a wonderful book, elegant, incisive, and humane,
it dealt fairly with politics and legislation, but above all it
revealed the dynamic appeal of early Protestant ideas to academics
and artisans, preachers and parishioners. It was by far the best
survey of its subject, and it has not been overtaken since. . . .
This second edition is a response to recent ‘revisionist’
suggestions—that the old Church had vitality and appeal, that its
rituals and beliefs were supportive and supported, that Protestants
had a hard time making converts, and that political machinations,
not protest movements, were the agent of change. . . . In a new
introduction, (Dickens) insists that the English Reformation was no
little local difficulty, explained by specific political
circumstances; it was part of the European Reformation, a wave of
Christian renewal. . . . It is the old book—only more
so!”—Christopher Haigh Times Higher Education Supplement
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