The most ambitious chronicle of that time is W.K.Jordan's magnum opus "The Development of Religious Toleration in England, 1558-1660" (four volumes, published 1932-1940). Jordan wrote as the threat of fascism rose in Europe, and this work is seen as a defense of the fragile values of humanism and tolerance. More recent introductions to this period are "Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England, 1558–1689" (2000) by John Coffey and "Charitable hatred. Tolerance and intolerance in England, 1500-1700" (2006) by Alexandra Walsham. To understand why religious persecution has occurred, historians like Coffey "pay close attention to what the persecutors said they were doing."