Andrew Melville (1545-1622): Writings, Reception, and Reputation

by Steven J. Reid

Andrew Melville is chiefly remembered today as a defiant leader of radical Protestantism in Scotland, John Knox's heir and successor, the architect of a distinctive Scottish Presbyterian kirk and a visionary reformer of the Scottish university system. While this view of Melville's contribution to the shaping of Protestant Scotland has been criticised and revised in recent scholarship, his broader contribution to the development of the neo-Latin culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032922141
• ISBN13: 9781032922140
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages