LEADER 03211nam 22004452 450 001 9910162772603321 005 20170512111417.0 010 $a1-78204-926-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782049265 035 $a(CKB)3710000001044808 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781782049265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4793144 035 $a(DE-B1597)674845 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782049265 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001044808 100 $a20170214d2017|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe life and works of Robert Baillie (1602-1662) $epolitics, religion and record-keeping in the British civil wars /$fAlexander D. Campbell 210 1$aSuffolk :$cBoydell & Brewer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 259 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aSt Andrews studies in Scottish history 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 May 2017). 311 08$a1-78327-184-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: $g1.$tBiography and Intellectual Formation -- $g2.$tMonarchical Power -- $g3.$tPresbyterian Church Government -- $g4.$tReformed Theology -- $g5.$tFive Articles of Perth, the Scottish Prayer Book and Church Discipline -- $g6.$tBiblical Scholarship and the Sermon -- $g7.$tRecord-Keeping and Life-Writing: The Creation of Robert Baillie's Legacy. 330 $aFrom 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, thebook 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.

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