MACCULLOCH, D. Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation. London, Penguin Books, 2001. The basis for this book comes from a series of Birkbeck lectures that the author, Diarmaid MacCulloch, gave at Cambridge University during Lent 1998. MacCulloch's purpose in writing Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and of the Protestant Reformation should give voice to his thesis that the Edwardian Reformation was a critical moment in the progress of the Anglican Church and in the affirmation of Protestant identity of England. The aim of this book is to recapture King Edward's reform of the Church of England from revisionists such as Haigh, Duffy and Pollard. They and others felt that the reorganization of the church was indecisive, weak, and insignificant. MacCulloch intends to argue that the Reformation was essentially coherent, effective, and ultimately Protestant. Within the book there are four main chapters presenting the reign and legacy of the Reformation of Edward VI. This book also includes a list of illustrations, acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, and a list of abbreviations, which helps readers understand the Edwardian Reformation in more detail. The first chapter; Dramatis Personae, examines the moments immediately preceding the accession of Edward VI in which Henry VIII had left enthusiastic advice to look after his son Edward. With Edward Seymour recognized as Lord Protector, the government began to pursue a religious revolution while transforming the boy king into a deeply religious and well-educated, significant and respected man. The second chapter; King Josiah: Purifying the Realm, examines the beginning of Edward VI's reign and the improvements and focus of religious politics. MacCulloch's idea... at the heart of the document... the elegant church and its collapse as he exposed the Reformation under the monarchs Henry VIII and Edward VI as an attack on traditional religion. Seen as revisionist, Duffy's work emphasizes traditional religion and the idea of ​​a relatively slow Reformation imposed from above. Duffy's book ends in 1580, during the reign of Elizabeth I, as he believes that the Reformed Anglican Church was sufficiently established by that date and that a return to Catholicism was unlikely. MacCulloch's vision as a post-revisionist offers a unique and distinctive insight into the subject of the English Reformation under the reign of Edward VI. He manages to develop his idea that the Reformation was distinct in the reign of Edward VI by explaining and discussing with other historians the views in great detail and has opened a new path for further reflection and research on the Edwardian Reformation.