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The intellectual legacy of Andrew Melville (1545-1622) as a leader of the Renaissance and a promoter of humanism in Scotland has been obscured by ""the Melville legend."" In an effort to dispense with 'the Melville of popular imagination' and recover 'the Melville of history,' this work situates his life and thought within the broader context of the northern European Renaissance and French humanism and critically re-evaluates the primary historical documents of the period, namely James Melville's Autobiography and Diary and the Melvini epistolae. By considering Melville as a humanist, university reformer, ecclesiastical statesman, and man, an effort has been made to determine his contribution to the flowering of the Renaissance and the growth of humanism in Scotland during the early modern period.

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Author:   Ernest R. Holloway III
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   154
Weight:   0.772kg
ISBN:  

9789004205390

ISBN 10:   900420539
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   22 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Acknowledgements ….….…………………………………………………..……...... A Melville Chronology …………………………………………….………………... Abbreviations ……….…………………………………………….………………… CHAPTER I ANDREW MELVILLE AND THE MELVILLE LEGEND 1. The Melville Legend ……………………………………………… 2. The Development of the Legend ………………………………...... 3. Demythologizing the Legend …………………………………....... 4. Knox and Melville ……………………………………………….... 5. Buchanan and Melville …………………………………………… 6. Melville and Humanism …………………………………………… CHAPTER II THE FORMATIVE YEARS (1545-1563/4) 1. The Narrative History ……………………………………………... 2. Childhood and Family …………………………………………....... 3. Early Education ………………………………………………….... 4. The University of St. Andrews …………………………………….. 5. Conclusion ………………………………………………………… CHAPTER III FRANCE: PARIS AND POITIERS (1563/4-1569) 1. The Collège Royal and University of Paris …………………….….. 2. Petrus Ramus ………………………………………………….…. 3. George Buchanan …………………………………………….…... 4. The University of Poitiers …………………………………….….. 5. Conclusion ……………………………………………………...... CHAPTER IV SWITZERLAND: GENEVA (1569-1574) 1. The Academy of Geneva ……………………………………….... 2. Melville‘s Genevan Circle ………………………………………... 3. Joseph Justus Scaliger …………………………………………… 4. Theodore Beza ………………………………………………….. 5. Melville‘s Departure …………………………………………….. 6. Conclusion ……………………………………………………… CHAPTER V SCOTLAND: GLASGOW (1574-1580) 1. Melville as Private Tutor …………………………………………. 2. The University of Glasgow ……………………………………….. 3. A Humanist in Service to the Kirk ………………………………... 4. Fellow Humanists and Advocates of Reform ……………………. 5. 1577 Nova Erectio ………………………………………………... 6. Relocation to St Andrews ……………………………………….... 7. Conclusion ……………………………………………………….. CHAPTER VI SCOTLAND: ST ANDREWS (1580-1607) 1. The University of St Andrews …………………………………… 2. The Controversy Over Aristotle …………………………………. 3. The Ecclesiastical Statesman ……………………………………… 4. Exile in England: London, Oxford, and Cambridge …………….. 5. The Visit of Du Bartas ………………………………………….. 6. Melville‘s Literary Circle ………………………………………... 7. Melville‘s Poetry ………………………………………………… 8. Conclusion ……………………………………………………… CHAPTER VII ENGLAND AND FRANCE: LONDON AND SEDAN (1607-1622) 1. Prelude to Conflict ……………………………………………… 2. James VI and the Tower of London …………………………….. 3. The Melvini Epistolae …………………………………………....... 4. The University of Sedan ……………………………………….... 5. Arthur Johnston ………………………………………………... 6. Conclusion …………………………………………………… CHAPTER VIII ANDREW MELVILLE AND THE RENAISSANCE IN SCOTLAND 1. Melville the Humanist ……………….……………………...... 2. Melville the University Reformer………………………………. 3. Melville the Ecclesiastical Statesman …………………………… 4. Melville the Man ……………………………………………….. INDEX ………………………………………………………………………. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ………..………………………………………

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Shortlisted for the Saltire Society's 2011 Scottish History Book of the Year Award

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Ernest R. Holloway III, Ph.D. (2005), Westminster Theological Seminary & Ph.D. (2009), University of Aberdeen, is Adjunct Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary. His research focuses on humanism and the Renaissance in early modern Europe.

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