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Eamon Duffy is President of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Professor of the History of the Christian Religion at the University of Cambridge. David Loades is Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales, Honorary Research Professor at the University of Sheffield and Director of the British Academy John Foxe Project.'... a ground-breaking book...' The Catholic Times 'This handsome volume is fluent and engaging church history at its best, at once meticulously researched and persuasive in its presentation of the bigger picture... The Church of Mary Tudor is a thorough, convincing and always well-written account...' New Directions '... this volume goes far in offering readers a new and convincing reappraisal of Mary Tudor's regime.' Renaissance Quarterly 'Overall, the editors are to be commended for providing a thorough investigation into the motives and methods behind Mary's Catholic restoration.' Catholic Herald ’In short [...] this volume raised, in the mind of this reviewer at least, a number of essential and genuinely new and interesting questions about not just the Marian Church but the whole Marian State, and also about how much mileage there remains in the revisionist approach to the Marian experiment.' Church History ’An introductory essay on Mary's personal religion by David Loades is one of the book's highlights and could easily be assigned even to undergraduates... There is much worth reading here, and some very important new interpretations to be embraced.’ Journal of British Studies ’... a collection of essays from among the best from the field of English Catholic history, is comprehensive, so much so that it reads almost like a monograph.’ Anglican and Episcopal History ’This is rich fare that offers fascinating insights into the teachings, structures, and practices of Mary’s Church, and raises important questions about continuity and discontinuity, both within England and across the Continent.’ Ecclesiology ’The contributors to this volume succeed admirably in providing a more balanced evaluation of Marian Catholicism. ...this collection’s depth and range provides a valuable reassessment of Mary’s religious policies and the vibrancy of Catholicism during her reign.’ H-Albion