Henry VIII and Religion
By positioning him firmly within the changing context of his times, Lucy Wooding sees coherence in Henry VIII’s religious policies.
Religion
Elizabethan Catholicism: Questions of Perspective
R.E. Foster emphasises the threat to Elizabeth’s regime.
John Bland, Rector of Adisham
Graham Noble assesses the significance of one of the earliest Marian Martyrs.
The Jonestown Mass Suicide
More than 900 people perished in the Jonestown mass suicide of November 18th 1978.
Election of John Paul II
John Paul II was elected on October 16th, 1978. He was the first non-Italian pope to be elected in four centuries.
Dissolving the Dissolute? Henry VIII and the end of English Monasticism
R. E. Foster puts the dissolution of the monasteries into historical context.
Religious Change and the Laity in England
Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke look at the ways ordinary people responded to religious changes within their places of worship from the Reformation to the Restoration.
The Ears of William Prynne
Richard Hughes shows there is more of historical interest to William Prynne than his famous auditory organs.
Cardinal Wolsey and the English Church
Peter Marshall asks how diligently Wolsey served his Church.
John Calvin, the Making of the Reformer
Michael Mullett introduces the life and work of a remarkable Protestant leader.