A new scholarly, fully annotated edition of John Knox's classic 'History of the Reformation in Scotland' is long overdue. Knox was a major player in the international Reformation and the establishment of the Church of Scotland.The last scholarly edition in the original orthography was edited by David Laing in 1847. The present edition aims to reproduce Knox's text using the earliest surviving manuscript, dated to 1566, taking account of variations in all other existing manuscripts. The result is an extensive revision of the Laing text, which it will replace as the standard edition. This will be a vital requirement for all libraries and collections in religion and history throughout the world. The work includes an Introduction, full indexes to persons (with biographical details), places and subjects, over two hundred references to biblical quotations and allusions, a map and glossary.

Product Description: 'The First and Second Books of Discipline were amongst the constitutional foundation documents of the Scottish Reformation, and for four and a half centuries have been relied on to guide the polity of Presbyterian churches around the world...read more

Product Description: This primary source offers comprehensive insight into the income and expenditure of the Scottish Church, and a snapshot of the entire ecclesiastical structure, just as the Reformation was taking hold in and after 1560. The late medieval Church was the wealthiest institution in the Scottish kingdom, with an annual income ten times that of the Crown...read more

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Product Description: Links between the Renaissance and the Reformation clarified in studies of features of humanist intellectual reform and the contribution made by northern humanists to the movement for ecclesiastical reform.