This period is known as the English Reformation. Religious discrimination grew on both sides and after the reign of Henry VIII, the religion of the king or queen would play a vital role in the ...

The concern of this collection of essays is to redress two balances at once: to tell the story of what the Reformation did for the towns of England, and of what the towns did for the Reformation.

Using examples from the Three Choirs cathedrals of Hereford, Worcester and Gloucester, the story is told of how our cathedrals survived the early Reformation and then contributed to the distinctive ...