The ecumenical evensong of unity commemorated the five hundredth anniversary of a sermon given by Robert Barnes at St ...

One of the more difficult practical questions raised by the English Reformation was just how to support its clergy and its fabric. Despite extensive resistance from the godly members of church and ...

Anglicans as well as others often claim that the Reformation in England was mainly ecclesiastical and jurisdictional rather than doctrinal. But do the doctrinal writings of the period support this ...

From 4 December 2024 to 26 February 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ran a consultation seeking views on the reform ...

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that defined this radical religious revolution in England.

Four hundred years ago this year there took place in England one of those events which may genuinely be described as crucial for the whole development of the Western world, not only in the sphere of ...

This Reformation-era cope, present now at the Met, was most likely used at the coronation of King Henry VIII in 1509. (By permission of the Governors of Stonyhurst College; copyright Stonyhurst ...

This article responds to the pieces collected in this special issue of the Journal of British Studies, all of which seek to take some notion of the politics of the public sphere and either apply it to ...

The year is approximately 1592. Eleven-year-old Frances has been roused from her bed at dawn by a loud banging on the front door. When she answers, a group of angry men with swords push their way ...