Survey of how English Bible translations remade language and politics. Benson Bobrick traces the movement from medieval translators to William Tyndale and the King James version, showing how making scripture readable in English shifted authority and public debate.

The book explores translators' lives, clashes with church and crown, and the wider consequences for political thought and popular language. It explains how ordinary phrases and ideas entered English speech and helped shape later constitutional conflicts.

Recommended for readers of religious history, linguistic history, and political history, the account connects careful scholarship with accessible cultural narrative.

• History of English Bible translation
• Political and religious conflict
• Linguistic legacy and common phrases

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