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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)
Book
Burgess, G., Wymer, R., & Lawrence, J. (2016). The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501584

This 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.

England's wars of religion, revisited (2011)
Book
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)
Book Chapter
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.