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Introduction: the Reformation and the English state. Part 1 Politics: the Royal Supremacy - a note in discussion; the Essex Inquisitions of 1556; the enforcement of reaction, 1553-1558; the origins of English protestant nationalism; the sense of identity among the Marian exiles; relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches in the 16th century. Part 2 Censorship: the authorship and publication of The Copye of a Letter sedition; the theory and practice of censorship in 16th century England; illicit presses and clandestine printing in England, 1520-1590; books and the English reformation prior to 1558. Part 3 The English Reformation: Martin Luther and the early stages of the English Reformation; the Collegiate churches of County Durham at the time of the dissolution; the dissolution of the diocese of Durham, 1553-4; Anabaptism and English sectarianism in the mid-16th century; the bishops of the restored Catholic Church under Queen Mary; the piety of the Catholic Restoration in England 1553-1558.