Beliefs and the Dead in Reformation England. By Peter Marshall. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 344. $74.00.)
This book considers the dead and beliefs about the dead during the Reformation in England, and it is a model of wide-ranging historical scholarship. While focusing on a narrow topic, the author weaves throughout the text a conversation with historians who have taken other methodological approaches to this and related topics. While offering occasional critiques, Peter Marshall is also willing to approve and utilize many of their insights. This type of scholarly approach makes Marshall's text useful to any student of the Reformation, not only to …
