John Knox
Jane Dawson
Abstract
This book presents the life of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland. Based in large part on previously unavailable sources, including the recently discovered papers of Knox's close friend and colleague Christopher Goodman, this biography challenges the traditionally held stereotype of this founder of the Presbyterian denomination as a strident and misogynist religious reformer whose influence rarely extended beyond Scotland. It maintains instead that John Knox relied heavily on the support of his “godly sisters” and conferred as well as argued with Ma ... More
This book presents the life of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland. Based in large part on previously unavailable sources, including the recently discovered papers of Knox's close friend and colleague Christopher Goodman, this biography challenges the traditionally held stereotype of this founder of the Presbyterian denomination as a strident and misogynist religious reformer whose influence rarely extended beyond Scotland. It maintains instead that John Knox relied heavily on the support of his “godly sisters” and conferred as well as argued with Mary, Queen of Scots. He was a proud member of the European community of Reformed Churches and deeply involved in the religious Reformations within England, Ireland, France, Switzerland, and the Holy Roman Empire. Casting new light on the public and private personas of a highly complex, difficult, and hugely compelling individual, this study offers a vivid portrait of this renowned Scottish preacher and prophet who had a seismic impact on religion and society.
Keywords:
John Knox,
Protestant Reformation,
sixteenth-century Scotland,
Christopher Goodman,
Reformed Churches,
Reformations
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780300114737 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: January 2016 |
DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300114737.001.0001 |
