John Knox, Historie of the Reformation of Religioun within the Realme of Scotland

Kenneth D. Farrow (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by J. Derrick McClure, University of Aberdeen
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Domains

Church of Scotland

Dates

First circulation or publication 1587

Places

Scotland (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Historical representation

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Introduction and Literary Responses to

The Historie

The distinguished Scottish lexicographer and literary critic, Dr. David Murison, has written the following of John Knox's The Historie of the Reformatioun of Religioun within the Realme of Scotland:

The distinguished Scottish lexicographer and literary critic, Dr. David Murison, has written the following of John Knox's

The Historie of the Reformatioun of Religioun within the Realme of Scotland

Granted its self-confessed limitations, ... [Knox's] History is a picture of his times which for depth of insight, brilliance of presentation and animation of style could hardly be bettered, and though critics have censured the slabs of documentation which break up the flow of the narrative, Knox's genius and single minded dedication to his one

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Citation: Farrow, Kenneth D. . "Historie of the Reformation of Religioun within the Realme of Scotland". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 January 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4648, accessed 21 November 2024.]