The Blind Devotion of the People

• List of illustrations; Preface; Notes; 1. Introduction; 2. Survey; Part I. Assessment: 3. Dependent activities: sacraments, ceremonies and intercessions; 4. Independent activities: prayers, images and cult objects; 5. Inclusive institutions: parish churches, chapels and guilds; 6. Exclusive institutions: papacy, religious orders and secular clergy; 7. Summation of Part I; Part II. Explanation: 8. Spiritual motivations: Lutheranism, Calvinism and other faiths; 9. Non-spiritual motivations: politics, economics and other forces; 10. Mediate influences: literature, drama and art; 11. Immediate influences: example, action and oral communication; 12. Summation of Part II; 13. Perspective; Appendices; Bibliography and abbreviations; Index.

'Not for a long time has such a wealth of evidence upon popular religion at the Reformation been collected, nor so meticulously organized … No one interested in the Reformation should miss this scholarly and significant book.' Susan Brigden, The Times Higher Education Supplement