John KnoxThis is the most comprehensive biography of John Knox since Hume Brown's major study, published more than seventy years ago. The personality of Knox has alternately fascinated and appalled his posterity. The aristocratic eighteenth century condemned him; the Puritanical and radical nineteenth century admired him. Mr. Ridley's twentieth-century view is that Knox, despite his intolerance and the tyranny of his Church Sessions, was a great contributor to the struggle for human freedom. One can appreciate the tribute that was paid to him, ten years after his death, by his English Puritan follower, John Field. "What a heroical and bold spirit he was!" [Book jacket]. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anabaptist Andrews Anne Locke Archbishop Archbishop Hamilton Arran attack authority Bannatyne Beaton Berwick bishops Book of Common Bothwell Bowes brethren Bullinger burgh council Calvin castle Catholic Châtelherault Christ Common Prayer congregation Cranmer Croft David Buchanan death Dieppe doctrine Earl Edinburgh Edward VI Eliz Elizabeth English France Frankfort French galleys Geneva Giles's God's Grange Haddington Hamilton hath Henry VIII heretics History idolatry John Knox July June King King's lords Knox wrote lairds Leith Lethington London Lord James Marjory Mary of Hungary Mary of Lorraine Mary Queen Mary's mass minister Moray Morton murder Newcastle Northumberland Papists preached preachers priests princes prisoners Privy Council Protestantism punished Queen of Scots Queen Regent Reformation refugees refused reign religion religious Richard Bowes Ridley Sadler Scotland Scottish Protestants Scottish Reformation Sept sermon supporters testant Throckmorton tion town Whittingham Winzet Wishart written