This is an interesting short journey through the ways that Archbishop Cranmer iteratively created the first English Communion Rites during the period 1548-1552, and how they reflected Reformation thinking, and responded to comment and experience at the time. Not knowing anything about others who have written on this topic in the past, bits of the story didn't make much sense, and some parts (and most of the very extensive footnotes) will only be of interest to deep scholars. But overall I enjoyed this insight into the formation of this key Rite which remained almost unchanged in the 1662 BCP, which is of course still with us. ( )