About the Author

Patrick Collinson is Regius Professor of Modern History, Emeritus, in the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Trinity College. He is the author of The Elizabethan Puritan Movement and two earlier collections of essays, Godly People and Elizabethans.

Reviews

"A remarkable mastery over a very tricky and much disputed historical territory." --G. R. Elton
"This is academic history at its very best - not 'dry as dust' but witty, stylish, allusive...erudite and full of paradox." --"History Today"
"Vintage Collinson discursive but immensely learned, and always interesting." --Michael Graham