The Debate on the English Reformation

by Rosemary O'Day

'The Debate on the English Reformation' combines a discussion of the successive historical approaches to the English Reformation from 1525 to the present with a critical review of debates in the area.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published March 6, 1986

Reviews

[Mir]

"Process or event?"

There were two major models for examining the English Reformation.

Froude: it was an event caused primarily by Henry VIII's desire for divorce and by the maneuvering for power within his court

AG Dickens: Reformation ideology had already been widely accepted before the "official" Reformation.