Excerpt from The Reformation Period N this brief account of the Reformation Movement in England, the line taken has been first to picture the Church in the reign of Henry VII.; next to describe the great forces that began to tell upon it in the early part of the sixteenth century; and finally to show how the Church was modified by the action of these and other agencies as that century wore on to its close. My treatment of the subject lacks proportion, for it seemed better to deal more minutely with the various alterations in the earlier reigns, and then to describe in rather summary fashion the Elizabethan Settlement with the attacks which were made upon it. I have to thank one or two friends who have read my manuscript. To them is due not a little useful sug gestion. In particular I have to thank Mr Tomlinson, whose marvellously minute knowledge of the period has saved me from some errors. I do not always agree with his conclusions, but this does not prevent me from recognising the fact that he possesses a familiarity with the documents of the Reformation era in England which no living historian surpasses. I think I may say that I have honestly endeavoured to base this small work upon original authorities.

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