Hi, I misspoke. I have Barnard's "Cromwellian Ireland: English Government and Reform in Ireland 1649-1600". Very dull book with great bibliography. In looking for readible renditions of the Reformation, I have "The Reformation" by Owen Chadwick. which discusses the European forum (ie where the Reformation took place), not the specific English, though it includes it in a lot of detail. All too often we forget we are Europeans, not just Brits, and that the only way to make sense of things is the proper historical context. This is particularly true of the so-called "Glorious Revolution" (which was not so glorious for Ireland and a great disappointment to our own ancestors who were not awarded freedom of religion for their role in it). There was actually a real war being fought in Europe at the time and the battles in Ireland were a part of it. While Queen Anne was inviting in German Lutherans (Palatines) and forcing them to become Anglicans (or she'd hand them back), she was trying to force our ancestors into the Anglican fold as well. She had less success with them! Linda Merle