A.G. Dickens and his critics: a new narrative of the English Reformation

This article considers the debate on the English Reformation triggered by the revisionist assault on the work of A. G. Dickens. It questions the narrow view of Dickens as the protagonist of a 'rapid Reformation from below', drawing attention to the far greater subtlety of ideas that permeated Dickens's early work. Finally, it offers an alternative framework for a new Reformation narrative.