Home›Sources›The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638 to 1640SourcesThe Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638 to 1640Mark Charles Fissel, Cambridge University Press, 1994Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638 to 1640." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/fissel-the-bishops-wars.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638 to 1640. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/fissel-the-bishops-warsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-bishops-wars-charles-i-s-campaigns-a, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638 to 1640}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/fissel-the-bishops-wars}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXMark Charles Fissel's academic study of Charles I's two campaigns against Covenanter Scotland in 1639 and 1640, examining how the king's attempt to impose an Anglican prayer book and episcopal church government on Presbyterian Scotland was financed, resisted and ultimately defeated, and how its failure forced Charles to recall the English Parliament, setting the stage for the wider civil wars that followed.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (32 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedMark Charles Fissel 1PublisherWell-attestedCambridge University Press 1Publication YearWell-attested1994 1Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monograph 1AssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1 1Part of the Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History series, published by a major university press and based on wide archival research in English, Scottish and American collections, the standard modern academic treatment of the two campaigns.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithScotland, Regions Well-attested This source names Scotland directly: "I's two campaigns against Covenanter Scotland in 1639 and 1640, examining how the king's attempt to impose an Anglican prayer book and episcopal church government on Presbyterian Scotland was..."Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (32 claims)This source backs 32 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 3 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.Wars & Conflicts, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Open Questions, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested24ArticlesAn Unmeasured Toll and a War Fought Through the ParishThe Bishops' Wars and the Covenant Against a New Prayer BookOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Death Toll of the Bishops' Wars?Wars & ConflictsBishops' WarsHolds1Wars & ConflictsBishops' WarsConnected3ArticlesAn Unmeasured Toll and a War Fought Through the ParishThe Bishops' Wars and the Covenant Against a New Prayer BookWars & ConflictsBishops' WarsGeneral References4ArticlesAn Unmeasured Toll and a War Fought Through the ParishThe Bishops' Wars and the Covenant Against a New Prayer BookOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Death Toll of the Bishops' Wars?Wars & ConflictsBishops' WarsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year