THE EVE OF THE REFORMATION

FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET, D.D., O.S.B.


THE EVE OF THE
REFORMATION

STUDIES IN THE RELIGIOUS LIFE AND THOUGHT OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE IN THE PERIOD PRECEDING THE REJECTION OF THE ROMAN JURISDICTION BY HENRY VIII

BY
FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET, D.D., O.S.B.

AUTHOR OF
“HENRY VIII. AND THE ENGLISH MONASTERIES,” ETC.

LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND
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