Religion and Society in Early Modern England by David Cressy (Ohio State University, USA)

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"Sourcebooks are notoriously difficult to design and execute successfully. But Cressy and Ferrell have produced a collection that is probably as close to ideal as possible.It can highly be recommended for classroom use.."
-"Church History, March 1998
..."an enormously valuable, interesting and at times amusing anthology of sources touching on a whole variety of religious matters from the dawn of the Reformation to the mid-seveteenth century....The wide range and variety of documents chosen, the excellence of the introductions and the lack of a suitable rival anthology should make this the premiere collection of primary source materials for religion in early modern England."
-"Catholic Library World
"An unusually imaginative collection of readings on the religious life of England from the Reformation to the Restoration."
-Paul S. Seaver, Stanford University
"Outstanding. There is a crying need for collections of primary source materials for courses in early modern history."
-Margo Todd, Vanderbilt University
"An invaluable classroom aid. There is nothing comparable t it currently in print."
-J. Sears McGee, University of California, Santa Barbara

Introduction 1. Tradition and Change: the old religion and the new 2. The Established Church 3. Religious Culture and Religious Contest in Elizabethan England 4. The Jacobian Church 5. Ceremonialism and its Discontents 6. Religious Revolution Chronology Glossary