Essential primary text and scholarly context from a key Reformation collection.
This edition presents the work Certain Tractates, together with The Book of Four Score Three Questions and a translation of Vincentius Lirinensis, by Ninian Winzet. It is edited with introduction, notes, and a glossarial index, offering both the primary writings and helpful guidance for readers new to the era.
Readers will encounter a historically important Catholic response to Scottish religious change, alongside critical apparatus that situates the writings in their time. The volume combines authentic tractates with documentary material and scholarly discussion, helping illuminate seventeenth‑century dialogues about church reform, authority, and doctrine.
This edition is designed for students, researchers, and general readers interested in the Reformation, church history, and Scottish religious culture. It provides background, translations, and references that make the historical conversation accessible and concrete.
- Introduction that traces the author’s life and the contexts of the tractates
- Textual content including the First Tractate, the Second and Third Tractates, and related works
- Notes, glossaries, and index to aid understanding of historical terms
- Facsimiles and documentary material that illuminate printing and transmission
Ideal for readers of early modern religious history, Catholic‑Protestant era studies, and those exploring Scottish reform debates in context.