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This collection of essays, in honour of Professor Roger A. Mason, critically re-assesses what we understand by the terms 'Renaissance' and 'Reformation' in Scottish History.
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AcknowledgementsContributorsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Memory and Identity: Mason and the HistoriansIntroduction: Re-thinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland: Roger A. Mason's Work and Legacy -
Steven J. Reid 1. Contesting the Reformation: Roger Mason's ('sufficiently plausible') debt to David Hay Fleming and Andrew Lang -
Catriona M.M. MacdonaldPart II: Kingship and Political Culture: From Medieval to Renaissance2. A New Perspective on John of Fordun's
Chronica Gentis Scotorum as a Medieval 'national history' -
Dauvit Broun3. 'A Traitor to the Kingdom': Robert Bruce and the Use of Treason in Fourteenth-Century Scotland -
Michael H. Brown 4. James and John: James I (1406-37), Monastic Reform, Kingship, and the Cult of John the Baptist -
Stephen Boardman 5. Sent Abroad to Talk for Their Country: Two Examples of Early Scottish Humanist Diplomacy -
Nicola Royan 6. 'O wretched king!': Ireland, Denmark-Norway, and Kingship in the Reign of James V -
Alison CathcartPart III: Literature, Politics and Religion: Renaissance and Reformation7. 'The Time of Reformation': The Evolution of Early Modern Protestant Memories of the Scottish Reformation -
Bess Rhodes 8. James and John: the Stormy Relationship between James Stewart, Regent Moray and John Knox -
Jane E. A. Dawson 9. A Disciple of Buchanan in the Marian Civil War: Thomas Maitland's 'The Consecration of James VI, King of Scots' ('Jacobi VI, Scotorum Regis Inauguratio') -
Steven J. Reid 10. "Long lyf and welth vith veilfair and great gloir": New Year and the Giving of Advice at the Stewart Court -
Kate McClune 11. John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, and the Design of Mary, Queen of Scot's Defence -
Tricia A. McElroy 12. Alexander Hume's
Hymnes or Sacred Songs -
Joanna Martin 13. The Dutch in Scotland: The Diplomatic Visit of the States General upon the Baptism of Prince Henry -
Esther MijersAfterword: The Renaissance of Roger Mason -
Sally MapstoneRoger A. Mason: A Select BibliographyIndex
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Edited by Steven J. Reid
Summary
This collection of essays, in honour of Professor Roger A. Mason, critically re-assesses what we understand by the terms 'Renaissance' and 'Reformation' in Scottish History.
