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The History Of The Reformation Of Religion Within The Realm Of Scotland: Containing The Manner And By What Persons The Light Of Christ'S Gospel Has Be

The History Of The Reformation Of Religion Within The Realm Of Scotland: Containing The Manner And By What Persons The Light Of Christ'S Gospel Has Be

Knox, John

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Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGenealogy & HeraldryGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 9354489192
ISBN13: 9789354489198
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 560
Weight: 2.82
Height: 1.14 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Before Scotland became a Protestant kingdom, it was a battleground of sermons, councils, and crown politics. A nation changes its faith. John Knox's fierce account follows the Scottish Protestant Reformation as lived experience: arguments over authority, worship, and conscience, and the hard bargaining that turned belief into public settlement. From pulpits to parliaments, it charts the reformation of religion as a national drama, not a private conversion, and never lets you forget the cost paid. As a primary source chronicle and classic church history, it brings you close to the moments when the presbyterian kirk origins took shape in 16th century Scotland. Knox writes with the heat of controversy, an anti-catholic polemic history aimed at what he saw as Rome's corruption, and that edge is part of its historical value. For reformation studies research, it complements wider currents in Tudor Stuart Britain, the Martin Luther reformation abroad, and the circulation of John Calvin writings, showing how ideas became institutions. Read for faith, for political history, or for the making of Scottish identity, Knox's prose stays urgent, and his testimony remains central to modern church historiography still today. Presented here as a complete unabridged edition, it belongs both on a collector's shelf and in any scholarly annotated church history library, yet remains vivid for the curious non-specialist. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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