In this monograph Lucy Nicholas sets out the Latin text and parallel English translation of Roger Ascham's little known theological work, the Apologia pro Caena Dominica or 'Defence of the Lord's Supper', composed in Cambridge in 1547.

Lucy Nicholas, Ph.D. (2014), King's College London, is a university teacher of Latin, Greek and History. She has published chapters in edited volumes and articles on Roger Ascham, including Reformation, vol. 20 (2015), pp. 26-61.