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Author: Professor Roger A Mason Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN: 1409426939 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
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With the exception of John Knox, no one did more to shape the Scottish Reformation than Andrew Melville. Remembered chiefly as a firebrand defender of radical Presbyterianism and reformer of the Scottish university system, his broader contributions to the cultural development of early modern Scotland - his poetry and prose - have largely been marginalised in subsequent historiography. Yet, as this collection shows, Melvillle was much more than simply a parochial reformer - rather he was an influential member of a pan-European humanist network.
Author: Professor Roger A Mason Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN: 1409426939 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
Book Description
With the exception of John Knox, no one did more to shape the Scottish Reformation than Andrew Melville. Remembered chiefly as a firebrand defender of radical Presbyterianism and reformer of the Scottish university system, his broader contributions to the cultural development of early modern Scotland - his poetry and prose - have largely been marginalised in subsequent historiography. Yet, as this collection shows, Melvillle was much more than simply a parochial reformer - rather he was an influential member of a pan-European humanist network.
Author: Stuart McCabe Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 164
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Andrew Melville was a crucial personality in the history of 16th century Scottish religion, as important in the development of higher educational standards in Scotland. He was also without doubt a able inheritor of the mantle of famous religious reformers like John Knox, and he would also have a influence on the actions and works of others that came after him, such as Alexander Henderson, Samuel Rutherford, William Guthrie, Richard Cameron, James Renwick and many more who would against great odds carry on the work of Reformation. Besides his support for continued religious reform, Andrew is also well known for his battles against Diocesan Episcopacy and the power of the crown. From forensic study of the Old and New Testament, the Scottish reformers strived for a Kirk which was independent of the crown, and free of offices such as bishops and priests. All ministers were considered equal and were to be chosen by individual congregations. This would be a transparent Kirk free of corruption and exempt from patronage, whether by crown or nobility. The Kirk expected the crown to uphold its rights, and sought to enter into a covenant between, Crown, Kirk and God, whereupon Scottish society and the people would be transformed by religion and education into a "Godly people." Whilst the Kirk obeyed the sovereign as rulers over civil society, they recognised Jesus Christ as ruler over heaven and earth, and the Bible was the book of laws that all people should obey, including sovereigns. The Second Book of Disciple was in many respects the guidelines to such a covenant. King James VI of Scotland sought to claim his rights to the throne of England, a protestant nation yet following episcopacy through the Anglican Church. Through this system he could appoint bishops and influence the policies and direction of the church. It is clear that his secret agenda was to undermine the independence of the Scottish Kirk and shape it into a diocesan episcopacy similar to Anglican Church. These were the battles that Melville fought against James. Whilst Andrew was direct in his approach the James would prove himself duplicitous, cunning and ambiguous. Melville was threatened many times, yet when faced with destruction, imprisonment or exile at the hands of enemies he would resort to the small Hebrew Bible that he carried in a leather wallet around his waist. When he was once summoned before King and Council accused of treason, he would counter by placing his Bible on the Privy Council table and asserting his own rights according to the Old and New Testaments, "And you may see, your weakness, oversight and rashness in taking upon you which you neither ought nor can do, there are my instructions and my warrant;" and he would add, "let me see which of you can judge therein, or control me therein, that I have passed beyond my injunctions."
Author: Ernest R. Holloway III Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 900420962X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 387
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The intellectual legacy of Andrew Melville (1545-1622) as a leader of the Renaissance and a promoter of humanism in Scotland has been obscured by "the Melville legend." In an effort to dispense with 'the Melville of popular imagination' and recover 'the Melville of history,' this work situates his life and thought within the broader context of the northern European Renaissance and French humanism and critically re-evaluates the primary historical documents of the period, namely James Melville's Autobiography and Diary and the Melvini epistolae. By considering Melville as a humanist, university reformer, ecclesiastical statesman, and man, an effort has been made to determine his contribution to the flowering of the Renaissance and the growth of humanism in Scotland during the early modern period.
Author: William Morison Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 113
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