Focusing on the life and work of the evangelical reformer John Bale (1485-1563), Wort presents a study of conversion in the sixteenth century.

Introduction: Alter Et Idem; Chapter 1 Constructing the Converted Self; Chapter 2 Becoming Bale/Baal; Chapter 3 Recantation and the Sincerity of Conversion; Chapter 4 Contested Identities/Corporate Identities; epilogue Epilogue: The Threat of Reconversion;