From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Little abrasion on the cover. Overall good and clean. - Leichter Abrieb auf Einband, sonst gut und sauber. - Renewed interest in the history of sixteenth-century Scotland stems largely from the pioneering scholarship of Professor Gordon Donaldson, in whose honour this volume has been compiled by his former students, colleagues and friends. The book includes appreciations of his impact as a teacher and research scholar, and mirrors his wide range of interests in the Renaissance and Reformation era. Contributions of an administrative and legal nature provide new insight into such diverse topics as the developing status and function of notaries, financing the king's household in the early sixteenth century and the royal administration of James VI, under whom it was still possible for a Catholic to hold high office. The history of the church, both Pre- and Post-Reformation, is represented by studies on patronage, while another side of the church�s activities is analysed in a study of witchcraft, seen here as the darker vision of the Scottish Renaissance. The literary and cultural implications oi that movement have inspired two contributions, one looking towards Italy and the other to varied riches in the library of a Scottish bishop. Other changes in society are reflected in an examination of the social status of Edinburgh merchants and a fresh look at the evidence for increasing literacy in the Highlands. Shetland also merits a chapter, and new light shed on the Earl of Rothes' stay in Denmark illustrates Scandinavian influence. The essays possess an underlying unity and, taken together, make a notable contribution to the proper understanding of the history of sixteenth-century Scotland. Contents: Gordon Donaldson: An Appreciation: Thomas Lothian; Gordon Donaldson and the Records of Scotland: John Imrie, Keeper of the Records of Scotland -- The early Scottish Notary: John Durkan, research fellow in Scottish History, University of Glasgow -- Financing the Royal Household: James V and his Comptrollers, 1513�1543: Athol L. Murray, assistant keeper, Scottish Record Office -- The Earl of Rothes in Denmark: Thorkild Lyby Christensen, lecturer in Ecclesiastical History, University of Aarhus -- Patronage, Provision and Reservation: Pre-Reformation Appointments to Scottish Benefices: Ian B. Cowan, reader in Scottish History, University of Glasgow -- The Exercise of Ecclesiastical Patronage by the Crown, 1560-1572: James Kirk, lecturer in Scottish History, University of Glasgow -- Scotland and the Italian Renaissance: Denys Hay, emeritus professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh -- The Darker Version of the Scottish Renaissance: the Devil and Francis Stewart: Edward J. Cowan, associate professor of History, University of Guelph -- Adam Bothwell, a Conserver of the Renaissance in Scotland: Duncan Shaw, minister of the parish of Craigentinny, Edinburgh -- King James�s Popish Chancellor: Maurice Lee Jr., professor of History, Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick -- The Edinburgh Merchants in Society, 1570-1603: The Evidence of their Testaments: Margaret H. B. Sanderson, assistant keeper, Scottish Record Office -- Shetland in the Sixteenth Century: T. M. Y. Manson, former editor of the Shetland News -- Literacy in the Highlands: John Bannerman, lecturer in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh - Bibliography of works by Gordon Donaldson. ISBN 9780707302614
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