Monarchy and Commonwealth: 'republican' defences of monarchy at the Restoration
(2018)
Book Chapter
Burgess, G. (2018). Monarchy and Commonwealth: 'republican' defences of monarchy at the Restoration. In J. Clare (Ed.), From Republic to Restoration: Legacies and departures, 53-68. Manchester University Press
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Political Obedience (2016)
Book Chapter
Burgess, G. (2016). Political Obedience. In U. Rublack (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations, 83-102. Oxford University Press (OUP)
The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences (2016)
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Burgess, G., Wymer, R., & Lawrence, J. (2016). The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501584This book analyzes the consequences of the accession of James I in 1603 for English and British history, politics, literature and culture. Questioning the extent to which 1603 marked a radical break with the past, the book explores the Scottish, Wels... Read More about The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences.
Monarchism and absolutism in early modern Europe (2011)
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(2011). Monarchism and absolutism in early modern EuropeThe fourteen essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the constructs of 'absolutism' and 'monarchism', exam... Read More about Monarchism and absolutism in early modern Europe.
England's wars of religion, revisited (2011)
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Burgess, G., & Prior, C. W. A. (2011). C. Prior, & G. Burgess (Eds.), England's wars of religion, revisited. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)The causes and nature of the civil wars that gripped the British Isles in the mid-seventeenth century remain one of the most studied yet least understood historical conundrums. Religion, politics, economics and affairs local, national and internation... Read More about England's wars of religion, revisited.
Cannons and constitutions (2011)
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Prior, C. (2011). Cannons and constitutions. In C. W. A. Prior, & G. Burgess (Eds.), England's Wars of Religion, Revisted, 101 - 123. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)This chapter examines how the introduction of new ecclesiastical Canons in 1640 touched off a debate among writers who made a direct link between religion and liberty.
Royalism and liberty of conscience in the English Revolution
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Burgess, G. Royalism and liberty of conscience in the English Revolution. The University of Hull
Bodin in the English Revolution
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Burgess, G. Bodin in the English Revolution. The University of Hull
British political thought, 1500-1660: the politics of the post-reformation
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Burgess, G. British political thought, 1500-1660: the politics of the post-reformation. The University of Hull