John Knox by Jane Dawson
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.
'This trailblazing, thoughtful and attractively written biography reveals with exceptional clarity how the fates of the peoples of this island have long been inextricably linked'-Peter Marshall, Literary Review. -- Peter Marshall Literary Review Never before has there been such a thoroughly and sympathetically critical treatment of the 16th-century Scottish reformer's thought and times... A joy to read and a book to value.-Sean Michael Lucas, Gospel Coalition -- Sean Michael Lucas Gospel Coalition
Jane Dawson is John Laing Professor of Reformation History, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. She lives near Cupar in Fife.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300114737 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300114737 |
| Title | John Knox |
| Author | Jane Dawson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2015-05-26 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award 2015 |
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