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Essays by distinguished historians in honour of the just-retired Regius Professor of Modern History.This book contains essays by distinguished historians on the centrality of religious history to the history of Europe, in honour of the just-retired Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Professor Chadwick's contribution to religion, education and history was rewarded by a knighthood and the Order of Merit.This book contains essays by distinguished historians on the centrality of religious history to the history of Europe, in honour of the just-retired Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Professor Chadwick's contribution to religion, education and history was rewarded by a knighthood and the Order of Merit.This book contains essays within a common theme by a group of distinguished historians (some of them acknowledged world leaders in their fields) in honour of the just-retired Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, whose contribution to religion, education and history has been recognised by the award of a knighthood and, more recently, by the Order of Merit. Their common interest is the same one that has marked Professor Chadwick's life and work: the centrality of religious history to the history of Europe and, through that, to world history as a whole.List of contributors; Preface; 1. Owen Chadwick and his work Geoffrey Best; 2. Augustine on pagans and Christians: reflections on religious and social change Henry Chadwick; 3. The diversity of religious life and acceptance of social pluralism in the twelfth century Giles Constable; 4. The churches of medieval Cambridge C. N. L. Brooke; 5. 'True History': Martin Luther and Thomas M?ntzer Gordon Rupp; 6. Europe and the reformation G. R. Elton; 7. The attack on the Church of England in the Long Parliament, 16401642 John Morrill; 8. Oliver Cromwell and the Sin of Achen Blair Worden; 9. Tithe in eighteenth-century France: a focus for rl#m