1. Eppley, Daniel. 2007. Defending Royal Supremacy and Discerning God’s Will in Tudor England. New York: Ashgate.
2. This book provides a recent study of royal supremacy in Tudor England. Eppley focuses upon the work of two theorists, Christopher St. Germain and Richard Hooker, examining not only the motivations and reasoning behind royal supremacy but also the subsequent efforts to defend it against its many critics.
3. Torrance Kirby, W.J. 1990. Richard Hooker’s Doctrine of Royal Supremacy. Leiden: Brill.
4. This book remains a profound analysis of perhaps the most influential early modern Anglican theologian’s exposition on royal supremacy. Kirby’s assessment approaches Hooker’s ideas from both the political and theological contexts, from which they were born, offering a comprehensive analysis of the doctrine in the sixteenth century.
5. Walsham, Alexandra, and Charitable Hatred. 2006. Tolerance and Intolerance in England, 1500–1700. Manchester: Manchester University Press.