A Companion to the Reformation in Scotland, c.1525-1638: Frameworks of Change and Development

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A Companion to the Reformation in Scotland deals with the making, shaping, and development of the Scottish Reformation. 28 authors offer new analyses of various features of a religious revolution and select personalities in evolving theological, cultural, and political contexts. Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Maps and Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction i Preamble ii Approaching the Reformation in Scotland iii About the Book Part 1 Old Bottles and New Wines Chapter 1 Propagating Religious Reformation in Scotland to ca. 1567 1 Introduction 2 Religious Division and Cultural Overlap 2 Roots of Reformation 3 The Gude and Godlie Ballatis 4 Sir David Lindsay 5 Religion and the Scottish Printed Media Bibliography Chapter 2 Archbishop Hamilton and Catholic Reform in Pre-1560 Scotland 1 Introduction 2 Background and Context 3 Councils, Controversy, and a Catechism 3 Evaluating Hamilton’s Reforms 4 Conclusion Bibliography Part 2 Sea Changes Chapter 3 Scottish Religious and Political Transformations, 1557‒1567 1 Introduction 1.1 Disillusionment with France and Rome 1.2 End of the Auld Alliance and the 1560 Reformation Parliament 1.3 No Monarch Regnant: An Attempt to Create a Reformed Nation 1.4 Return and Personal Rule of the Queen 2 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 4 John Knox and the Scottish Protestant Reformation 1 Introduction 2 Before 1559 3 The Protestant Reformation Crisis, 1559‒1560 4 Team Member and Prophet 5 Legacy 6 Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 5 Local and Regional Experiences of Reformation 1 Introduction 2 The Spread of Reformation before 1560 3 The Reformation Revolution and Protestant Victory 4 After 1560: Establishment, Consolidation, Accommodation 5 Emerging Themes and Trends 6 Sources, Future Directions, Conclusion Bibliography Part 3 Explaining Beliefs Chapter 6 Revolution, Consensus, and Controversy: Reformation Thought in Scotland 1 Transition from the Late Medieval Kirk to John Knox 2 1560 and Its Sequels 3 The Concordat of Leith (1572) to the Five Articles of Perth (1618) 4 The Road to Scottish Puritan Mysticism 5 “The Sound of The Feet of Popery at the Doores”60 6 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 7 Scottish Catholic Responses to Reformation Teachings after 1558 1 Introduction 2 Early Defenders of Catholic Theology 2.1 Quintin Kennedy 2.2 Ninian Winzet 3 Jesuit Contributions 3.1 James Tyrie 3.2 John Hay 4 Other Theologians 4.1 Nicol Burne 4.2 George Thomson 4.3 John Hamilton 4.4 William Chisholm 5 Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 8 Philosophy and the Scottish Reformation: Some Key Aspects 1 Introduction 2 Philosophy in 16th-Century Scotland 3 Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy and the Eucharist 4 The Philosophy in Reformed Orthodoxy on the Fall 5 Seneca, Descartes, and Dundas 6 An Episcopalian Scottish Voice on Faith and Knowledge Bibliography Part 4 Proclaiming Beliefs Chapter 9 Preaching and Sermons in Post-Reformation Scotland 1 Introduction 2 Practitioners 3 Audiences 4 Readers 5 Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 10 The Emergence of a Reformed Worship Tradition in Scotland 1 Introduction: Catholic Reform and The Forme of Prayers 2 Scottish Editions of the Forme of Prayers 3 James vi: Court Ceremonial and the Influence of England 5 The Scottish Bishops’ Liturgy of 1637 6 The Westminster Directory Bibliography Chapter 11 Before and After: Reforming Scottish Liturgical Music 1 Introduction 2 Pre-Reformation Scottish Liturgy 3 Exemplars of Scottish Liturgical Music 4 A Musically Troubled Church? 5 Cleansing the Kirk’s Music 6 Vestiges of the Past 7 Democratizing Liturgical Singing 8 Conclusion: Constancy, Deterioration, Innovation Bibliography Chapter 12 The Scottish Reformation and Church Architecture, 1560–ca. 1638 1 Introducing Burntisland Church: A Case Study 2 The Reformation and the Adaptation of Religious Buildings 3 Post-Reformation Churches 4 Redrawing the Parochial Landscape 5 Royal Policies and Liturgical Reform 6 Conclusion Bibliography Part 5 Classical Revival and Theological Studies Chapter 13 Andrew Melville and European Humanism 1 Introduction 2 Melville’s Formative Influences 3 Melville’s Humanist Network 4 Melville’s Table Talk 5 Melville as Humanist Preceptor 6 Melville and Humanist Friendship 7 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 14 Ministerial Education in the Scottish Reformation 1 Pre-Reformation Clerical Education in Scotland 2 1560 and the First Book of Discipline: Reformed Ideals 3 The Melvillian Period of Ministerial Education: 1574‒1606 3.1 Glasgow 3.2 St Andrews 3.3 Edinburgh 3.4 Aberdeen 3.5 Fraserburgh 3.6 Impact of the Second Book of Discipline 4 Episcopal Reform Programme: 1606–1638 4.1 Accommodation to English Practices 5 Conclusion Bibliography Part 6 Legal Jurisdictions and Moral Order Chapter 15 Evolution and Varieties of Church Courts and Laws in Reformation Scotland 1 Introduction 2 Late Medieval Context 3 Evolving Church Courts 4 The Court of Session 5 The Commissary Courts 6 Church Laws 7 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 16 The Theory and Practice of Church Discipline 1 Introduction 2 Origins of the Idea of Discipline 3 Creating a Scottish System 4 Scottish Disciplinary Practice 5 Continuity and Change Bibliography Part 7 Cultural Adaptations Chapter 17 Literature, Church, and Theology 1 Introduction 2 Religious and Theological Literature 3 Polemic 4 Poetry 5 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 18 Popular Festive Practices in Reformation Scotland 1 Introduction 2 Festive Practices and the Scottish Reformers 3 Seasonal Festivities 4 Birth, Communion, Marriage and Death 5 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 19 Burial Reform in Early Modern Scotland 1 Introduction 2 Pre-Reformation Scotland 3 Reforming Death and Burial 3.1 Change 3.2 Resistance 3.3 Variety 3.4 Continuity 4 The 1645 Directory and the Consolidation of Burial Reform 5 Conclusion Bibliography Part 8 Relating to the Other Chapter 20 Gendering the Reformation 1 Introduction 2 Family 3 Discipline 3.1 Witch-Hunting 4 Piety 5 Support and Resistance 6 Words and Voices 7 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 21 Reformation Entry into Gaelic Scotland, 1567‒1630 1 Introduction 1.1 Scotland’s Alternative Culture 1.2 Reformation Gaelic Texts in Scotland 1.3 Other Studies and Cultural Issues 1.4 Eventual Catholic Reaffirmation in Gaelic 2 Champions of Early Gaelic Protestantism 2.1 The Argyll Factor 2.2 The 5th Earl of Argyll 2.3 John Carswell 3 Forme of Prayers / Foirm na n-Urrnuidheadh 3.1 Dedication and Letter 3.2 Main Text 4 Carswell’s Edited Catechism 5 Repercussions of Foirm 6 An Early 17th-Century Gaelic Catechism in Scotland 7 Catholic Re-Entry into the Gàidhealtachd 7.1 Catholic Catechesis in Gaelic 8 Some Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 22 Post-Reformation Scottish Catholic Survival 1 Introduction 2 Decline and State Opposition 3 Covenant and Idolatry: Catholics in a Protestant Nation 4 Patterns of Persistence 5 Partial Conformity and Catholic Clerical Lenience 6 Role of Women 7 Conclusion Bibliography Part 9 Projecting a Protestant Nation Chapter 23 Church and State in Scotland from the Reformation to the Covenanting Revolution 1 Introduction 2 The Reign of Mary, queen of Scots 3 The Minority of James vi 4 The Personal Reign of James vi 5 The Impact of the Regal Union 6 James vi and Charles i 7 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 24 The National Covenant, 1638: Religion and Politics 1 Introduction 2 National Covenant and Political Controversy 3 Political and Religious Debate during 1638 4 Conclusion Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 25 Britain Reformed: Competing Visions, 1527‒1641 1 Conflicted Britons: Two Scottish Radicalisms, 1527–1567 2 Scotland Refounded 3 Scotland “Republican” 4 Revolutionary Scotland 5 From Civil Religion to Hebraic Commonwealth 6 Alternate Britannias at the 1603 Union of Crowns Bibliography Part 10 Perspectives Ancient and Modern Chapter 26 History, Historiography, and “The Scottish Reformation” 1 Introduction: Clio Unbound? 2 Re-forming History and Forging Reformation 3 Afterword: Historiographical Insight Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 27 Epilogue: Reformation Revisited 1 Reflecting on the Scottish Reformation 2 Contested Interpretations 3 Protestant Culture(s) 4 The Long Reformation Bibliography Index