Churchwardens' accounts for the period of the English Reformation provide some of the clearest views of the impact of that most fundamental movement on individu
The English Reformation was no bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky. Nor was it an event that was inevitable, smooth, or predictable. Rather, it was a proc
This wide-ranging book, first published in 1994, traces the development of popular culture in England from the Iron Age to the eighteenth century.
This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decad
Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day rev
