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English Evangelical Historians on the Origins of “the Reformation” (2017)
Journal Article
Royal, S. (2017). English Evangelical Historians on the Origins of “the Reformation”. Etudes épistémè, https://doi.org/10.4000/episteme.1859

Although Luther’s protest of indulgences in 1517 is often considered to be the point of origin for “the Reformation”, first- and second-generation English evangelicals understood that origin differently. Knowing their fledgling movement needed to be... Read More about English Evangelical Historians on the Origins of “the Reformation”.

Early Modern English Catholicism: Identity, Memory and Counter-Reformation. (2016)
Book
Kelly, J. E., & Royal, S. (Eds.). (2016). Early Modern English Catholicism: Identity, Memory and Counter-Reformation. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004325678

Early Modern English Catholicism: Identity, Memory and Counter-Reformation is an interdisciplinary collection that brings together leading scholars in the field to demonstrate the significance of early modern English Catholicism as a contributor to n... Read More about Early Modern English Catholicism: Identity, Memory and Counter-Reformation..

English Catholics and English Heretics: The Lollards and Anti-Heresy Writing in Early Modern England. (2016)
Book Chapter
Royal, S. (2016). The Lollards and Anti-Heresy Writing in Early Modern England. In J. E. Kelly, & S. Royal (Eds.), Early Modern English Catholicism: Identity, Memory and Counter-Reformation (122-141). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004325678_008

Stranger than fiction in the archives: The controversial death of William Cowbridge in 1538 (2015)
Journal Article
Freeman, T. S., & Royal, S. (2015). Stranger than fiction in the archives: The controversial death of William Cowbridge in 1538. British Catholic History, 32(4), 451-472. https://doi.org/10.1017/bch.2015.16

This essay considers the life, death, and afterlife of William Cowbridge a religious eccentric executed for heresy in 1538. It explores the significance of his religious beliefs, which became the source of a heated controversy between the Protestant... Read More about Stranger than fiction in the archives: The controversial death of William Cowbridge in 1538.

Reforming Household Piety: John Foxe and the Lollard Conventicle Tradition. (2014)
Book Chapter
Royal, S. (2014). Reforming Household Piety: John Foxe and the Lollard Conventicle Tradition. In J. Doran, C. Methuen, & A. Walsham (Eds.), Religion and the Household: papers read at the 2012 Summer meeting and the 2013 Winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society (188-198). Boydell Press

Historian or Prophet? John Bale's Perception of the Past? (2013)
Book Chapter
Royal, S. (2013). Historian or Prophet? John Bale's Perception of the Past?. In P. D. Clarke, & C. Methuen (Eds.), The Church on its Past (156-167). Boydell Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0424208400002102

The late medieval prophetic tradition played a significant role in how John Bale (1495–1563), England’s first Protestant church historian, formulated his ideas about the nature of revelation, which would become a contentious issue in the course of th... Read More about Historian or Prophet? John Bale's Perception of the Past?.