Henry VIII and the English Reformation

by Richard Rex

This updated edition of an influential interpretation of Henry VIII's Reformation retains the analytical edge and lucidity of the original work. Richard Rex emphasizes the personal role of Henry VIII in driving the Reformation process, as well as the considerable reinforcement of Henry's power rendered by that process. In a powerful new chapter which takes into account recent research, Rex elucidates the way in which politics and religion interacted in early Tudor England.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Religion

248 pages, Paperback

Published March 30, 2006

Reviews

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loool it seems like I'm the only person on Goodreads who has read this book. But anyway, read this for school and it gave me some good extra information for my Henry VIII exam. I'd recommend it from an academic perspective, but I'm sure there are still more engaging books to be found on the subject nonetheless.

[Byren Burdess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Henry VIII was very naughty. And this book is well researched. Very dense too, like literally the writing on the pages doesn't include any line breaks at all besides the ending and beginning of each chapter, which happens around every 30 pages or so. I particularly liked the part where there was an uprising and the instigators were talked out of it, naively backed down and they all got executed. Absolute wallies.