Pastoral letter of the Rt. Rev. James Vincent Cleary, S. T. D., Bishop of Kingston, to the rev. clergy of his diocese on Catholic education and Scott's "Marmion" Book

Peter Lake applies his usual thorough analysis of the religious-political strands of thought in the late Elizabethan period. He sets the stage for the rise of the Laudian/high church element in the English church, in the Jacobean period.

I would have preferred more discussion of the reason for the political sidelining of the Puritan faction, but I guess that is for a different book. He avoids exhaustive treatment of the Admonition Controversy, leaving that with McGinn.

What I found helpful was the in-depth treatment of Richard Hookers' contribution to political thought. Compared to the puritans, Hooker seems so broad-minded, with his proposal of a middle way, between Calvinism and popery. The irony is that Hooker, followed by other anti-Calvinists, would lay the groundwork for the jure divino mentality of the Stuart period, and the ensuing fracturing into civil war.