"This study sets the debate over clerical marriage within the context of the key debates of the Reformation, offering insights into the nature of the reformers'

The debate over clerical celibacy and marriage had its origins in the early Christian centuries, and is still very much alive in the modern church. The content

The key question in the study of the English Reformation has been whether it resulted from authoritative action from above or by popular demand from below. By l

The Reformation era has long been seen as crucial in developing the institutions and society of the English-speaking peoples, and study of the Tudor and Stuart