John Knox - Hardcover

Dawson, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300114737 ISBN 13: 9780300114737

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Jane Dawson has written the definitive 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, Dawson’s 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. She 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 a surprising new light on the public and private personas of a highly complex, difficult, and hugely compelling individual, Dawson’s fascinating study offers a vivid, fully rounded portrait of this renowned Scottish preacher and prophet who had a seismic impact on religion and society.

About this title

Book Description:

In this definitive new biography of British preacher, prophet, and reformer John Knox, Jane Dawson shatters the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes surrounding the controversial leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland.

About the Author:

Jane Dawson is John Laing Professor of Reformation History, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. She lives near Cupar in Fife.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0300114737
• ISBN 13: 9780300114737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384