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'Protestantism' as a historical category (2016)
Journal Article
Ryrie, A. (2016). 'Protestantism' as a historical category. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 26, 59-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080440116000050

The term ‘Protestant’ itself is a historical accident, but the category of western Christians who have separated from Rome since 1517 remains a useful one. The confessionalisation thesis, which has dominated recent Reformation historiography, instead... Read More about 'Protestantism' as a historical category.

Religion and religious change (2016)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A. (2016). Religion and religious change. In L. Sangha, & J. Willis (Eds.), Understanding early modern primary sources (170-186). Routledge

The Nature of Spiritual Experience (2016)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A. (2016). The Nature of Spiritual Experience. In U. Rublack (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of the Protestant Reformations (47-63). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199646920.013.3

This article surveys the question of how early Protestantism was experienced by its practitioners, using the perspective of the history of emotions. It argues that justification by faith derived its power from its emotional impact, and that the Calvi... Read More about The Nature of Spiritual Experience.

Sleeping, waking and dreaming in Protestant piety (2012)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A. (2012). Sleeping, waking and dreaming in Protestant piety. In J. Martin, & A. Ryrie (Eds.), Private and domestic devotion in early modern Britain (73-92). Ashgate Publishing

The Afterlife of Lutheran England (2010)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A. (2010). The Afterlife of Lutheran England. In D. Wendebourg (Ed.), Sister reformations : The Reformation in Germany and England = Schwesterreformationen : die Reformation in Deutschland und in England (213-234). Mohr Siebeck

Paths not taken in the British Reformations (2009)
Journal Article
Ryrie, A. (2009). Paths not taken in the British Reformations. Historical Journal, 52(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x08007280

Traditional historiographies of the Reformation, seeing it as a unified, directed transition from Catholicism to Protestantism, seem increasingly untenable. This article looks in detail at three individuals from the British Reformation whose careers... Read More about Paths not taken in the British Reformations.

Calvin and Ecumenism (2009)
Journal Article
Ryrie, A. (2009). Calvin and Ecumenism

John Calvin has a justified reputation as an aggressive, divisive theologian, but in his own terms he was an ecumenist, doing more than anyone else to forge Reformed Protestantism into a single body (against Rome). This article considers some of the... Read More about Calvin and Ecumenism.

The slow death of a tyrant: learning to live without Henry VIII, 1547-1563 (2009)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A. (2009). The slow death of a tyrant: learning to live without Henry VIII, 1547-1563. In M. Rankin, C. Highley, & J. N. King (Eds.), Henry VIII and his afterlives : literature, politics and art (75-93). Cambridge University Press

Henry VIII stopped breathing on 28 January 1547, but although his body died, his political power did not. When such a political colossus finally topples, the resulting vacuum is disorientating to his allies and enemies alike. Politics cannot swiftly... Read More about The slow death of a tyrant: learning to live without Henry VIII, 1547-1563.

Les îles Britanniques et l'Irlande (2008)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A., & Ó hAnnráchain, T. (2008). Les îles Britanniques et l'Irlande. In W. Kaiser (Ed.), L'Europe en conflits: les affrontements religieux et la genèse de l'Europe moderne vers 1500-vers 1630 (287-319). Presses Universitaires de Rennes