Project Gutenberg 2007-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 62 Morison, William 1843 1937 Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series, 27 Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jordan, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Andrew Melville" by William Morison is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the life and contributions of Andrew Melville, a significant figure in shaping Scotland’s ecclesiastical landscape and its education system during the tumultuous period following the Reformation. It highlights Melville's fierce advocacy for Presbyterianism and his academic pursuits, which greatly impacted Scottish education. At the start of the biography, readers are introduced to Andrew Melville's profound influence in Scotland's religious and educational spheres. The introductory chapter outlines his dedication to establishing a Presbyterian system in the face of episcopal challenges, suggesting the stakes of his efforts went beyond theology, touching upon the very fabric of Scottish national identity and civil freedom. Through Melville’s early background and his subsequent scholarly journey across European universities, which laid the groundwork for his later achievements in Scotland, the narrative sets the stage for an exploration of his struggles against royal power and efforts to refine the nation's educational framework. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622 BX Text Famous Scots Series Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 288696 288697 2024-10-09T14:13:07.581710 2023-09-10T05:52:44.613421 text/html text/html 284363 2007-07-30T08:07:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 147725 2007-07-30T08:07:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229661 2024-10-09T14:13:16.353636 application/epub+zip 232120 2024-10-09T14:13:11.329668 application/epub+zip 166655 2024-10-09T14:13:09.779687 application/epub+zip 410859 2024-10-09T14:13:19.923672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385338 2024-10-09T14:13:15.214661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308797 2022-09-10T11:46:04.264825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244985 244887 2024-10-09T14:13:06.670721 2023-09-10T05:52:44.029391 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 244928 2007-07-30T08:07:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 93257 2007-07-30T08:07:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 244922 2007-07-30T08:07:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 93228 2007-07-30T08:07:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21713 2024-10-09T14:13:20.058621 application/rdf+xml 16096 2024-10-09T14:13:10.351683 image/jpeg 4039 2024-10-09T14:13:10.058680 image/jpeg 222582 2024-10-09T14:13:07.608703 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia