1st Edition
Reforming the Scottish Church John Winram (c. 1492–1582) and the Example of Fife
By Linda J. Dunbar
Copyright 2002
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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As Superintendent of Fife, John Winram played a pivotal role in the reform of the Scottish Church. Charting his career within St Andrews priory from canon to subprior, Linda Dunbar examines the ambiguity of Winram's religious stance in the years before 1559 and argues that much of the difficulty in pinning down Winram's views stems from the mis-identification of John Knox's un-named reforming... Read more
Contents: Introduction; St Andrews' Priory before 1560; Changing religious convictions; Superintendency: the theory of the First Book of Discipline; Superintendency: the developments of the General Assembly; The practice of superintendency in Fife; The superintendent's court; Clerical admissions; The problems of superintendency; St Andrews' Priory after 1560; St Andrews University; Friends; Family; Conclusion; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Linda J. Dunbar
'Working with scanty original sources Dunbar has given us an insightfully sympathetic biography of Winram, and in the process allows the reader to glimpse the complexity of reforming an already existing church.' Presbyterian History '... a very tidy and efficient book, like the life of its subject.' Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 'Dunbar's fresh examination of primary sources, some previously neglected or unknown, is commendable, and her attention in detail to the ways in which Winram's life, both public and personal, reveals the continuities present amidst the change from the Catholic Church to the Reformed Kirk provides new and valuable insights.' Parergon '... sheds very welcome light on the movement from Catholic reform to Protestant Reformation in the university town that proved such a hotbed of Scottish Protestantism.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History
