This analysis of the secular impact of the Reformation examines the changes within English towns from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century.

Case studies and thematic studies redress two balances at once: to tell the story of what the Reformation did for the towns of England, and of what the towns di

This volume seeks to address a relatively neglected subject in the field of English reformation studies: the reformation in its urban context. Drawing on the wo

The study of the Reformation in England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland has usually been treated by historians as a series of discrete national stories. Reforma

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