Books by Helen L. Parish

Martin Luther pinned his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg he shattered foundations of western Christendom. The Reformation of doctrine and practice that followed Luther's seismic action, and protest against the sale of indulgences, fragmented Church and overturned previously accepted certainties and priorities.

An innovative study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity, revealing the process by which the medieval past was rewritten by Reformation propagandists.

An examination of the debate over clerical marriage in Reformation polemic and of its impact on the English clergy in the second half of the 16th century. The study sets the debate within the context of the key debates of Reformation, offering insights into attempts to break with the Catholic past.