The Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland: Essays in Honour of Gordon Donaldson

by Ian B. Cowan (Editor), Duncan Shaw (Editor), John W.M. Bannerman (Contributor)

This book makes a notable contribution to the understanding of the history of sixteenth-century Scotland. Renewed interest in this period of Scottish history is largely due to the pioneering scholarship of Professor Gordon Donaldson. This book mirrors his wide range of interests in the renaissance and Reformation era, and includes appreciations of his influence as a teacher and research scholar. The contributions cover a range of topics of ecclesiastical, political and social interest, which in turn are generally related to the impact of the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland.

Gordon Donaldson by Thomas Lothian and John Imrie
The Early Scottish Notary by John Durkan
The Edinburgh Merchants in Society, 1570 - 1603 by Margaret Sanderson
Financing the King's Household: James V and his Comptrollers by Athol Murray
King James's Popish Chancellor by Maurice Lee
The Darker Version of the Scottish Renaissance: The Devil and Francis stewart by Edward Cowan
The Earl of Rothes in Denmark by Thorkild Liby Christensen
Shetland in the Sixteenth Century by T.M.Y. Manson
Literacy in the Highlands by John Bannerman
Scotland and the Italian Renaissance by Denys Hay
Adam Bothwell, the Conserver of the Renaissance in Scotland by Duncan Shaw
Patronage, Provision and Reservation: Appointments to scottish Benefices by Ian B. Cowan
The Exercise of Ecclesiastical Patronage by the Crown, 1560-72 by James Kirk

261 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1983

About the author

Ian Borthwick Cowan was a lecturer in Scottish history at the University of Glasgow.