Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. Christian Books/
  2. The Church

Bookmark this item

Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622

  • Hardback
  • 388 pages
  • Publisher: Brill

£140.22

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Plus Account

Bookmark this item

Free delivery on orders over £15

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the broader context of the northern European Renaissance and French humanism and critically re-evaluates the primary historical documents of the period, namely James Melville's Autobiography and Diary and the Melvini epistolae.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.

  • Title

    Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622

  • Author

    Ernest Holloway III

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    June 2011

  • Weight

    759g

  • Page Count

    388

  • ISBN

    9789004205390

  • ISBN-10

    900420539X

  • Eden Code

    4708793

Pilgrims Friend Ad