Recommended Books on Early Reformed Political Theory
Primary Sources
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, esp. Book IV. Chapter 20 — Free Online
Pierre Viret, The Christian and the Magistrate: Roles, Responsibilities, and Jurisdictions
Henry Bullinger, The Decades— esp. Volume 1: Second & Third Decade
Peter Martyr Vermigli, Commentary on Judges
John Knox, The Political Writings of John Knox
The Magdeburg Confession — Free Online
Theodore Beza, The Right of Magistrates Over Their Subjects
John Ponet, A Short Treatise on Political Power
Christopher Goodman, How Superior Powers Ought to Be Obeyed — Free Online
Girolamo Zanchi, On the Law in General
Wolfgang Musculus, On Righteousness, Oaths, and Usury
François Hotman, Francogallia — Free Online
Junius Brutus, Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos
George Buchanan, Dialogue Concerning the Rights of the Crown of Scotland
Lambert Daneau, Christian Politics
Franciscus Junius, The Mosaic Polity
Franciscus Junius, The Education of the Christian Prince
Bartholomew Keckermann, System of Political Discipline
David Pareus, Theological-Political Propositions on Ecclesiastical and Civil Power
Franco Burgersdijk, Concept of Economic and Political Doctrine
Johannes Althusius, On Law and Power
Johannes Althusius, Politica
Thomas Godwyn, Moses & Aaron: Civil & Ecclesiastical Rites
Samuel Rutherford, Lex, Rex
John Milton, Areopagitica and Other Political Writings
Richard Baxter, A Holy Commonwealth
Algernon Sidney, Discourses Concerning Government
Matthew Hale, The Analysis of the Law
John Witherspoon, Lectures on Moral Philosophy
Secondary Sources
James Baird, King of Kings
Stephen Wolfe, The Case for Christian Nationalism
Stephen Wolfe, Zachary Garris, Sean McGowan, Reformed Christian Politics
Matthew Trewhella, The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates
John Witte, The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism
David W. Hall, Calvin in the Public Square: Liberal Democracies, Rights, and Civil Liberties
David W. Hall, The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding
John Balserak, Geneva’s Use of Lies, Deceit, and Subterfuge, 1536—1563
Stephen J. Grabill, Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics
Edmund S. Morgan, Puritan Political Ideas: 1558-1794
Glenn A. Moots, Politics Reformed: The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology
William P. Breed, Presbyterians and the Revolution
