Rather than retell the national story, Hibbert works from original records for a single county, Staffordshire, to test what really happened when Henry VIII closed the religious houses. He examines earlier precedents for suppression, the finances and balance sheets of Burton Abbey and others, the two stages of the general suppression, and the sale of goods at Brewood Nunnery.
A careful local case study for anyone weighing the costs and gains of the English Reformation. Download the free EPUB.