The 2nd of two volumes covering the political history of the period 1509-47, the Henrician Reformation is discussed primarily within the context of Henry VIII's reign, but there is also consideration of its place within the English Reformation as a whole. Readers are actively encouraged to form independent views of their own, especially on controversial topics such as the part played by Henry VIII himself in events. By the author of the Henry VIII and the Government of England, John Calvin and the Later Reformation, The Catholic and Counter Reformations and France: Monarchy, Republic and Empire, 1814-70.