YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years-exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England

The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York Minster

Henry VIII's reformation remains among the most crucial yet misunderstood events in English history. This work presents the king as neither confused nor a pawn in the hands of manipulative factions. Henry, a monarch who ruled as well as reigned, is revealed instead as the determining mover of religious policy throughout this momentous period.

In the 50 years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being a lavishly Catholic country to a Protestant nation. Exploring Morebath, a remote and tiny sheep-farming village on the edge of Exmoor, this work offers a window into a rural world in crisis as the Reformation progressed.

The fascinating story of the so-called "Prayer Book Rebellion" of 1549 which saw the people of Devon and Cornwall rise up against the Crown