Contesting the Reformation provides a comprehensive survey of the most influential works in the field of Reformation studies from a comparative, cross-national, interdisciplinary perspective. * Represents the only English-language single-authored synthetic study of Reformation historiography * Addresses both the English and the Continental debates on Reformation history * Provides a thematic approach which takes in the main trends in modern Reformation history * Draws on the most recent publications relating to Reformation studies * Considers the social, political, cultural, and intellectual implications of the Reformation and the associated literature