Reinventing Medieval Liturgy in Victorian England

This is an excellent study, well researched, and is valuable for those who study liturgy, and the mind of the Victorian English Church, as well as the wider Romantic Movement. It is the first critical assessment of The Lay Folks' Mass Book since Simmons's edition, and places the work in its context. It also raises some questions for the contemporary Church of England. * International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church *
Smith and Jasper do a superb job of interpreting what Simmons was about in this work, helping readers to understand the LFMB's context and aims, and to appreciate its quality. More than that, for those whose view of Tractarianism skews toward its Roman Catholic converts, this book usefully shows how determinedly English-oriented and English-interested its other side could be and, in divines like Simmons, was. * CHURCH HISTORY *