Politics or Religion?: The Reformation in Perth 1540-1570

by Mary Verschuur

On 11 May 1559, a riot erupted in Perth which resulted in an open revolt against the authority of the Regent, Mary of Guise, and her 'foreign' religion. On that day the Scottish Reformation slipped out of its covert phase and began to gather momentum as a revolution. The enthusiastic response by the townspeople of Perth to John Knox's preaching is widely documented. The question of why this happened in Perth remains unanswered. This account of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903765358
• ISBN13: 9781903765357
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"