Description: Patrick Collinson is the leading historian of English religion in the years after the Reformation. This collection of essays ranges from Thomas Cranmer, who was burnt at the stake after repeated recantations in 1556, to William Sancroft, the only other post-Reformation archbishop of Canterbury to have been deprived of office.
Brief description: Patrick Collinson is Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College.
Review Quotes: 'learned, playful, just a little self-indulgent, and has rapier wit. Patrick Collinson is one of our greatest church historians.'--Alec Ryrie "Church Times "