Reddit mentions of The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580

The bishops and commissioners Henry VIII appointed may have had their own motives, but it was he who gave them an opportunity to impose their ideas on all English Christians; it was not a popular movement. The publication of the Book of Common Prayer provoked open revolt, and most people remained Catholic in belief and personal devotion long after the schism. There were a lot of people living outside of London who saw no need to abandon what had served them well for hundreds of years and didn't appreciate the banning of rosaries and icons. A good book on this is Eamon Duffy's The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400–1580.

Brad Gregory, The Unintended Reformation

Louis Bouyer, The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism

Heiko Oberman, Luther: Man Between God and the Devil

Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars

Dominic Erdozain, The Soul of Doubt

I would recommend this book, although it's only about my country.

Eamon Duffy's The Stripping of the Altars is an excellent book on this topic. It discusses how the Reformation impacted lay religion in England. It was an eye-opening read for me in seminary.

The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village is an account of how the Reformation affected the daily piety of villagers in one small town, while The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 discusses changes in worship in England as a whole.

Very good book on the medieval Catholicism is James Monti's Sense of the Sacred - I use it as a reference book for a lot of answers to questions about liturgy

And obviously if you're interested in Catholicism before the Reformation in England then Eamon Duffy's Stripping of the Altars is still undoubtedly one of the best sources on medieval Catholicism.

>That's why Anglicans staid Anglican.

Actually, no it isn't. I recommend this book on the origins of the Anglican Church.

>If, after recognizing the errors of the papacy we went to the Eastern Orthodox they would expect us to believe that the Holy Spirit had not been with our English churches since 1054 AD and that our Church wasn't really the Church. But to assent to that would be to bear false witness because we know that the English Church has always been a part of the Church, that our bishops have maintained Apostolic Succession, and that we preach the good news of Jesus Christ as handed down by the Apostles.

So it was a matter of national pride? That's the reason?