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 Protestant Revolt in Switzerland and England 1 5 5 LlNGARD (d. 185 1), History of England to 1688, 10 vols. The stand- ard Catholic history; rather old now, but still useful on account of Lingard's erudition and point of view. Gasquet, Henry VIII and the English Monasteries. The best account of the matter. Friedmann, Anne Boleyn, 2 vols., and Merriman, Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell, 2 vols., 1902. Good detailed biographies. Cheyney, Social Changes in England in the Sixteenth Century. . Traill, Social England, Vol. III. Contains short monographs by different hands, dealing topically with the various phases of the period. The materials for the Tudor period are exceedingly voluminous, and only the chief groups can be mentioned. The Statutes of the Realm in various editions. The best is the folio edition published under the direction of the Record Commission. The fournals of the House of Lords begin with Henry VIII and the Journals of the House of Cotnmons with Edward VI. Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council, edited by Nicolas (Vol. VII for Henry VIII). This important series is continued by Dasent, Acts of the Privy Council, 19 vols., to 1590. The State Papers, 1 1 vols. A collection of important letters, invalu- able for Henry VIII. Calendar of Letters and Papers, Eoreign arid Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, 19 vols. Thousands of domestic, foreign, and colonial papers have been digested in the various calendars published under the Record Commission. The advanced student should also be familiar with the Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission and the Annual Reports of the Deputy Keeper of Pudlic Records. The chronicles of Hall, Holinshed, Wriothesly, and Stow are valuable for contemporary opinion. Stray tractates are printed in the Camden Society's publications and in Arber, An English Gamer. The stream of pamphlet literature begins to flow in the period of Henry VIII. The sources for England. Parlia- mentary materials. Official documents and letters. Calendars of state papers. Chronicles and tracts.