
The Scottish Reformation
Donaldson(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 4. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-0-521-07284-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Professor Donaldson provides a truly historical account of the origins and progress of the Scottish Reformation based on research in the documents of the period. He begins with an outline of church life and the need for reform at the end of the Middle Ages, and then traces the fortunes of the reforming movement. He gives particular attention to Church government - the parish ministry, the problem of episcopacy, the General Assembly and relations with England. Later chapters describe the rise of Presbyterianism in the 1570s and the search for a 'settled polity'. The whole book shows how a new Church system arose in Scotland and what its nature was.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-07284-7 (9780521072847)
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Donaldson
The Scottish Reformation
Book
07/1972
Cambridge University Press
€21.71
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Donaldson
The Scottish Reformation
Book
07/1972
Cambridge University Press
€21.71
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Content
1. Kirks and kirkmen unreformed; 2. Antecedents of revolution, 1525-59; 3. An unstable situation, 1560-7; 4. Word and Sacraments: the parish ministry; 5. The 'godly bishop' and the superintendent; 6. The 'godly magistracy' and the general assembly; 7. 'Conformity with England', 1567-73; 8. The rise of the Presbyterian movement; 9. The search for a 'settled polity'.