The unintended effects of the Reformation

The Reformation is generally seen in a positive light, but many of its beneficial outcomes, such as the freedom of expression, were not intended by its founding fathers. Peter Marshall explains how this happened, and how religion was secluded in the domestic, private sphere. ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/97...
Peter Marshall is Professor of History at the University of Warwick. He is a specialist in the history of the Reformation, particularly its impact in the British Isles, and has written six books
and nearly fifty articles around these themes.
He is a winner of the Harold J. Grimm Prize for best article in Reformation History. An editorial board member of Sixteenth Century Journal, he is a co-editor of English Historical Review.
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