The origins of the Scottish Reformation

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Data, trust and faith: the unheeded religious roots of modern education policy

“…The historical context that had to change to accomplish this conversion of almost the entire Scottish nation was very complex. Prehistories of the Scottish Reformation Rebellion often reference perceived failures of the Catholic church supported during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, the change in Scotland's foreign policy by turning away from its old ally France and closer to its loathed neighbour England, and Scottish rulers tolerating (at least moderate forms)for example James V 5or even promoting -Earl of Arran 6 -Protestantism prior to the Rebellion (Ryrie 2006). Furthermore, Reform movements, both Protestant and Catholic, were circulating all across mainland Europe, influenced by the ideas of Renaissance humanism, in attempts to purify and restore the Christian Church (Hansen 2019).…”

In the Borderlands of Periodization with “The blythnes that hes bein”: The medieval / early modern boundary in Scottish history

“…The most thorough discussion of Catholic reform in the religious and political institutions of Scotland is in Alec Ryrie's The Origins of the Scottish Reformation, which presents the years from 1500 to 1560 not simply as one nebulous pre-Reformation period, but rather as a series of several distinct Reformation stages, including an "Imperial Reformation" of 1544-1550 when England, at least partly motivated by a desire to liberate Scotland from France and Catholicism, ravaged much of Scotland in the so-called "rough wooing"; a "Catholic Reformation" of 1549-1559, when the Scottish Church set for itself an ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful program of reform; an "Underground Reformation" of 1543-1559 when Protestants grew more radicalized; the makings of a rebellion in 1557-1559 that was directed against both the Catholic establishment and against what was perceived as French oppression; and finally a revolution in 1559-1560. 35 Examinations of Catholic reform in Scotland have tended to focus on élite personnel in church and state, but signs of this same reforming movement can also be found at other levels of Scottish  society. They may not appear conspicuous to someone looking for typically medieval features, but they emerge quite clearly when the researcher has in mind scholarship on religion in early modern Europe.…”

Religion and accounting texts in eighteenth century Scotland

“…Scotland was a country in which Reformed Protestantism became established as the national religion, supported by the state (MacCulloch, 2004;Ryrie, 2006). Indeed, because of this it formed the site for the examination by Gordon Marshall of the Weber thesis as being the country noted for the most thorough implementation of Reformed Protestantism in Europe (i.e that strand of Protestantism following the work of Calvin as opposed to Luther) (Marshall, 1980;MacCulloch, 2004).…”