Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland

STEVEN J. REID is Professor of Early Modern Scottish History and Culture at the University of Glasgow, UK. Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland. MICHAEL BROWN is the Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews.

• AcknowledgementsContributorsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Memory and Identity: Mason and the HistoriansIntroduction: Re-thinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland: Roger A. Mason's Work and Legacy - Steven J. Reid1. Contesting the Reformation: Roger Mason's ('sufficiently plausible') debt to David Hay Fleming and Andrew Lang - Catriona M.M. MacdonaldPart II: Kingship and Political Culture: From Medieval to Renaissance2. A New Perspective on John of Fordun's Chronica Gentis Scotorum as a Medieval 'national history' - Dauvit Broun3. 'A Traitor to the Kingdom': Robert Bruce and the Use of Treason in Fourteenth-Century Scotland - Michael H. Brown4. James and John: James I (1406-37), Monastic Reform, Kingship, and the Cult of John the Baptist - Stephen Boardman5. Sent Abroad to Talk for Their Country: Two Examples of Early Scottish Humanist Diplomacy - Nicola Royan6. 'O wretched king!': Ireland, Denmark-Norway, and Kingship in the Reign of James V - Alison CathcartPart III: Literature, Politics and Religion: Renaissance and Reformation7. 'The Time of Reformation': The Evolution of Early Modern Protestant Memories of the Scottish Reformation - Bess Rhodes8. James and John: the Stormy Relationship between James Stewart, Regent Moray and John Knox - Jane E. A. Dawson9. A Disciple of Buchanan in the Marian Civil War: Thomas Maitland's 'The Consecration of James VI, King of Scots' ('Jacobi VI, Scotorum Regis Inauguratio') - Steven J. Reid10. "Long lyf and welth vith veilfair and great gloir": New Year and the Giving of Advice at the Stewart Court - Kate McClune11. John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, and the Design of Mary, Queen of Scot's Defence - Tricia A. McElroy12. Alexander Hume's Hymnes or Sacred Songs - Joanna Martin13. The Dutch in Scotland: The Diplomatic Visit of the States General upon the Baptism of Prince Henry - Esther MijersAfterword: The Renaissance of Roger Mason - Sally MapstoneRoger A. Mason: A Select BibliographyIndex

The collection as a whole coheres very well under the umbrellas of Roger Mason's various interests, and they provide a fitting tribute to an accomplished and generous scholar.