Chadwick offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. He arranges his material thematically, tracing the origins and development of each topic throughout the history of the western Church and providing an authoritative, accessible, and informative account.
1. The Book 2. The Bible 3. Scholarship and Religion 4. Death 5. The City 6. Conversion 7. Marriage of the Clergy 8. Monks and Nuns 9. The New Services 10. Church Order 11. Creed 12. Education 13. Divorce 14. In the country 15. Resistance justified 16. Radicals 17. Toleration 18. Unbelief