"Literature and politics in the English Reformation is a study of the English Reformation as a political and literary event. Focusing on an eclectic group of texts unified by their articulation of the key elements of the cultural history of the period 1510-80, the book unravels the political, poetic and religious themes of the era." "This important study will be fascinating reading for students and researchers in early modern English literature and history."--BOOK JACKET.