Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Campbell, Alexander D.
Titre(s) : The Life and Works of Robert Baillie (1602-1662) [Texte imprimé] : Politics, Religion and Record-Keeping in the British Civil Wars / Alexander D. Campbell
Publication : Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2017
Description matérielle : ix, 259 pages ; 25 cm
Collection : St Andrews studies in Scottish history
Lien à la collection : St Andrews studies in Scottish history series
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and index
From 1637 to 1660, the Scots witnessed rapid and confused changes in government and
violent skirmishing, whilst impassioned religious disputes divided neighbours, friends
and family. One of the most vivid accounts of this period may be found in the letters
of the Glaswegian minister, Robert Baillie; but whilst his correspondence has long
featured in historical accounts of the period, the man behind these writings has largely
been forgotten. This biography draws together for the first time an analysis of Baillie's
career and writings, establishing his significance as a polemicist, minister, theologian,
and contemporary historian. It is based on the first, systematic reading of Baillie's
extensive surviving manuscripts, comprising thousands of leaves of correspondence,
treatises, sermons, and notebooks. Chapters address Baillie's writings on monarchy,
church government, Reformed theology, liturgical change, Biblical scholarship, and
Baillie's practice of record-keeping. Overall, the book challenges prevalent understandings
of the intellectual landscape of Covenanted Scotland, situating Baillie and his contemporaries
on the peripheries of a dynamic, European Republic of Letters
Sujet(s) : Baillie, Robert (1602-1662)
Écosse (GB) -- 17e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
941.106 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Écosse - 1603-1714
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781783271849. - ISBN 1783271841
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45789783n
Notice n° :
FRBNF45789783
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1.. Biography and Intellectual Formation -- ; 2.. Monarchical Power -- ; 3.. Presbyterian
Church Government -- ; 4.. Reformed Theology -- ; 5.. The Five Articles of Perth,
the Scottish Prayer Book and Church Discipline -- ; 6.. Biblical Scholarship and the
Sermon -- ; 7.. Record-Keeping and Life-Writing: The Creation of Robert Baillie's
Legacy.
