Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

The end of the middle ages-- Reformation-- First stages in England--The first prayer book of Edward VI-- The second prayer book of Edward VI-- Rome, Canterbury and Geneva-- The grand debate-- Brandching off the Via Medina-- Battle rejoined-- The royal letters of business-- New paths-- Reshaping the liturgy

Documents: Mass of the First Sunday in Advent-- Office of the First Sunday in Advent-- Luther's Trau-Ordnung, 1534-- The Lord's Supper at Strasbourg, 1524-- Mass at Nuremberg, 1532-- Church order for Brandenburg-Nurnberg, 1533-- Church for Pfalz-Neuburg, 1543-- Church order for cologne, 1545-- Cranmer's projected processional-- An admonition to the parliament, 1572-- A second admonition to the parliament, 1572-- Form of consecrating churches, etc., 1714-- Thanksgiving for harvest, 1862-- The 'shortened services' act, 1872-- Rubrics in reservation, 1911-28-- Proposals for an alternative canon, 1920-8-- Canons relating to divine service, 1969-- The anamnesis