Lollardy and the Reformation in England
An Historical Survey

An important early twentieth-century study that argued for the importance of Lollard influences on the English Reformation.

James Gairdner (Author)

9781108017725, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2010

520 pages
21.6 x 2.9 x 14 cm, 0.65 kg

James Gairdner (1828–1912) was one of the foremost authorities of his day on the Tudor period. This magisterial four-volume survey (originally published 1908–1913) argues that the impetus for the English Reformation came from the Lollard movement of the late fourteenth century. A prolific researcher and editor, Gairdner devoted his career to English history, and his study is both meticulous and factually sound. His critics, however, were quick to observe that the Lollard hypothesis was tenuous, and this mature work is most valuable today to those interested in the history of Reformation scholarship. Focusing on the more immediate causes of the Reformation, Volume 2, published in 1908, considers the rise of German Protestantism, the dissolution of the monasteries, the history of the English Bible and the influence of Katherine Parr and the New Learning, concluding with the death of Henry VIII in 1547.

Book III. The Fall of the Monasteries: 1. Further trials of the faithful
2. Visitation and suppression of monasteries
3. Further proceedings against monasteries, and against superstitions
4. German Protestantism and the Act of the Six Articles
Book IV. The Reign of the English Bible: 1. The story of the English Bible
2. The making of formularies
3. Katharine Parr and the New Learning
4. Results under Henry VIII
Index to volumes 1 and 2.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]