A companion to the Reformation in Scotland, ca.1525-1638 : frameworks of change and development

This book presents customized chapters by 28 authors on the evolution of the Scottish Reformation from the late 1520s to 1638. The book has broad thematic frameworks into which the specific chapters fit. There are 10 such major themes, namely: external and internal pressures for change; breakthrough and revolution; theological and philosophical formulations; varieties of dissemination and implementation; humanism and higher education; legal systems and moral order; appropriations in literary and popular cultures; outsiders; evolution of new national identity; historiographical traditions and prospective developments. While there are introductory elements, the chapters both recall previous studies and off er new research. Concerns of the book are to recall Reformation core religious dimensions and to highlight Scottish contribution to the rich tapestry of the Reformation in Europe.Contributors include: Alexander Broadie, Flynn Cratty, Jane E.A. Dawson, Timothy Duguid, Elizabeth Ewan, Paul R. Goatman, Michael F. Graham, Thomas Green, Crawford Gribben, W. Ian P. Hazlett, Ernest R. Holloway III, David Manning, Alan R. MacDonald, Alasdair A. MacDonald, John McCallum, Jamie McDougall, David G. Mullan, Gordon D. Raeburn, Andrew Spicer, Bryan D. Spinks, Scott R. Spurlock, Laura A.M. Stewart, Mark S. Sweetnam, Kristen Post Walton, David G. Whitla, Jack C. Whytock, and Arthur H. Williamson. 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 This book presents customized chapters by 28 authors on the Scottish Reformation from the late 1520s to 1638. The book has broad thematic frameworks into which the specific chapters fit. There are 10 such major themes, namely: external and internal pressures for change; breakthrough and revolution; theological and philosophical formulations; varieties of dissemination; humanism and higher education; legal systems and moral order; appropriations in literary and popular cultures; outsiders; evolution of new national identity; historiographical traditions and prospective developments. While there are introductory elements, the chapters both recall previous studies and offer new research. Concerns of the book are to recall Reformation core religious dimensions and to highlight Scottish contribution to the rich tapestry of the Reformation in Europe. Contributors include: Alexander Broadie, Flynn Cratty, Jane E.A. Dawson, Timothy Duguid, Elizabeth Ewan, Paul R. Goatman, Michael F. Graham, Thomas Green, Crawford Gribben, W. Ian P. Hazlett, Ernest R. Holloway III, John McCallum, Alan R. MacDonald, Alasdair A. MacDonald, Jamie McDougall, David Manning, David G. Mullan, Gordon D. Raeburn, Andrew Spicer, Bryan D. Spinks, Scott R. Spurlock, Laura A.M. Stewart, Mark S. Sweetnam, Kristen Post Walton, David G. Whitla, Jack C. Whytock, Arthur H. Williamson "This book presents customized chapters by 28 authors on the Scottish Reformation from the late 1520s to 1638. The book has broad thematic frameworks into which the specific chapters fit. There are 10 such major themes, namely: external and internal pressures for change; breakthrough and revolution; theological and philosophical formulations; varieties of dissemination; humanism and higher education; legal systems and moral order; appropriations in literary and popular cultures; outsiders; evolution of new national identity; historiographical traditions and prospective developments. While there are introductory elements, the chapters both recall previous studies and offer new research. Concerns of the book are to recall Reformation core religious dimensions and to highlight Scottish contribution to the rich tapestry of the Reformation in Europe"-- Provided by publisher