This authoritative account of the Church in England covers its history from earliest times to the late twentieth century. Includes chapters on the Roman, Celtic
For most people in England today, the church is simply the empty building at the end of the road, visited for the first time, if at all, when dead. It offers it
The book retraces the history of the Church of England from the Henrician schism (1533–34) to the present day, and focuses on the complex relations between th
'A masterly, vivid and original sketch, not just of the history but of the culture (or cultures) of the Church of England across nearly five centuries.' Rowan W
The Church of England still seemed an essential part of Englishness, and even of the British state, when Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979. The decades which fol