Reformation, Politics and Polemics: The Growth of Protestantism in East Anglian Market Towns, 1500-1610

Drawing primarily from Suffolk sources, this book explores the development and place of Protestantism in early modern society, defined as much in terms of its practice in local communities as in its more public pronouncements from those in authority. Using detailed analysis of four communities, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Thetford and Hadleigh, John Craig explores the responses and initiatives of these towns to the question of the Reformation in the 16th century. These local studies provide the basis for a broader perspective on urban reformation in East Anglia.

John Craig (Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK)