The Voices of Morebath
REFORMATION AND REBELLION IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Eamon Duffy
In the fifty years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being one of the most lavishly Catholic countries in Europe to being a Protestant nation, a land of whitewashed churches and anti-papal preaching. What was the impact of this religious change in the countryside? And how did country people feel about the revolutionary upheavals that transformed their mental and material worlds under Henry VIII and his three children? In this fascinating book Eamon Duffy takes us into the mind and heart of the Devon village of Morebath in the sixteenth century. Through the vivid accounts of the priest, Sir Christopher Trychay, we catch a unique glimpse of the impact of the Reformation on the English countryside.
232pp. 40 b/w illus. £16.95
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