The Birthpangs of Protestant England. Religious and Cultural Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.

'...a masterly study.' Alister McGrath, Theological Book Review '...a splendid read.' J.J.Scarisbrick, TLS '...profound, witty...of immense value.' David Loades, History Today Historians have always known that the English Reformation was more than a simple change of religious belief and practice. It altered the political constitution and, according to Max Weber, the attitudes and motives which governed the getting and investment of wealth, facilitating the rise of capitalism and industrialisation. This book investigates further implications of the transformative religious changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for the nation, the town, the family, and for their culture.

Patrick Collinson CBE (1929 2011) was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge (1988 96) and a Fellow of Trinity College and the British Academy. The leading historian of sixteenth-century religion and politics of his generation, he was the author of many important books, notably The Elizabethan Puritan Movement (1967), The Religion of Protestants: The Church in English Society, 1559 1625 (1982) and The Birthpangs of Protestant England (1988). He also published several collections of his essays, including Godly People (1983), Elizabethan Essays (1994), From Cranmer to Sancroft (2006) and This England (2011).

ENDA MURPHY is one of Ireland s best known Cognitive Behavioral Therapists (CBT). He is a project director of the CBT training program with the Irish College of General Practitioners, is assistant director of training with the Health Service Executive North East General Practitioner Training scheme and is actively involved in the development and delivery of CBT training in Ireland. He is also a regular contributor to the medical press in both Ireland and China where he operates CBT clinics. Enda works extensively with GPs and the Mental Health services in the treatment of depression and anxiety and often presents to international medical conferences.