John Bossy

1.8k total citations
34 papers, 609 citations indexed

About

John Bossy is a scholar working on History, Political Science and International Relations and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Bossy has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 609 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in History, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in John Bossy's work include Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (13 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 papers) and European Political History Analysis (2 papers). John Bossy is often cited by papers focused on Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (13 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 papers) and European Political History Analysis (2 papers). John Bossy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. John Bossy's co-authors include Sally Engle Merry, Jaroslav Pelikán, Barbara A. Hanawalt, William Ian Miller, Henry Kamen, T. H. Aston, Christopher Hill, Thomas Mayer, Pierre Huard and Michael Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and The Economic History Review.

In The Last Decade

John Bossy

26 papers receiving 329 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Bossy United Kingdom 13 325 201 168 117 109 34 609
Nicholas Terpstra Canada 15 351 1.1× 157 0.8× 132 0.8× 91 0.8× 144 1.3× 79 601
Lauro Martines United States 13 283 0.9× 166 0.8× 91 0.5× 101 0.9× 117 1.1× 46 534
Patrick Collinson United Kingdom 16 662 2.0× 326 1.6× 155 0.9× 121 1.0× 159 1.5× 62 914
Diarmaid MacCulloch United Kingdom 13 296 0.9× 115 0.6× 134 0.8× 79 0.7× 103 0.9× 58 502
R. Po‐chia Hsia United States 10 249 0.8× 135 0.7× 133 0.8× 40 0.3× 38 0.3× 55 432
Suzanne Fonay Wemple United States 7 179 0.6× 56 0.3× 116 0.7× 153 1.3× 36 0.3× 17 456
Francis Oakley United States 13 194 0.6× 195 1.0× 125 0.7× 106 0.9× 21 0.2× 64 523
Merry E. Wiesner United States 12 246 0.8× 93 0.5× 131 0.8× 53 0.5× 135 1.2× 32 491
Robert Tittler Canada 12 259 0.8× 80 0.4× 104 0.6× 53 0.5× 170 1.6× 60 488
Guido De Ruggiero United States 11 184 0.6× 83 0.4× 105 0.6× 53 0.5× 109 1.0× 39 422

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Bossy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Bossy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bossy, John. (2010). The Sorcerer's Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England. The English Historical Review. CXXV(512). 171–172.
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Bossy, John. (2005). Progress of a sort. TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement. 14–15.
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Bossy, John. (2004). Practices of Satisfaction, 1215–1700. Studies in Church History. 40. 106–118.
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Bossy, John. (2000). REVIEW ARTICLE: THINKING WITH CLARK. Past & Present. 166(1). 242–250. 1 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1998). Peace in the Post-Reformation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1991). Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair. Yale University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1991). Prayers. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 1. 137–150. 8 indexed citations
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Bossy, John & Jaroslav Pelikán. (1987). Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture. The American Historical Review. 92(3). 636–636. 41 indexed citations
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Bossy, John, et al.. (1986). Christianity in the West, 1400-1700. The American Historical Review. 91(5). 1184–1184. 99 indexed citations
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Merry, Sally Engle & John Bossy. (1985). Disputes and Settlements: Law and Human Relations in the West.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(6). 709–709. 74 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1982). SOME ELEMENTARY FORMS OF DURKHEIM. Past & Present. 95(1). 3–18. 24 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1981). Essai de sociographie de la messe, 1200-1700. Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales. 36(1). 44–70. 7 indexed citations
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Huard, Pierre & John Bossy. (1977). Manfred Porkert : The theoretical foundations of Chinese medicine. Systems of correspondence. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 1 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1977). HOLINESS AND SOCIETY. Past & Present. 75(1). 119–137. 4 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael, et al.. (1976). Essays presented to Michael Roberts : sometime professor of modern history in the Queen's University of Belfast. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1975). The Social History of confession in the Age of the Reformation. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 25. 21–38. 50 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1973). Blood and baptism: kinship, community and christianity in western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Studies in Church History. 10. 129–143. 23 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1965). Henri IV, the Appellants and the Jesuits. Recusant History. 8(2). 80–122. 7 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1964). 1. Rome and The Elizabethan Catholics: A Question of Geography. The Historical Journal. 7(1). 135–142. 4 indexed citations
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Bossy, John. (1959). English Catholics and the French Marriage 1577–81. Recusant History. 5(1). 1–16. 3 indexed citations

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