Project Gutenberg 2014-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 84 Wallace, Robert 1831 1899 Smith, John Campbell 1828 1914 Smith, J. Campbell Brown, Joseph George Buchanan Famous Scots Series, 32 Produced by Fay Dunn, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "George Buchanan" by Robert Wallace and John Campbell Smith is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the life and influence of George Buchanan, notable as a political thinker, scholar, and literary figure from Scotland during the Renaissance. The book highlights Buchanan's importance in the struggle for political liberty against tyranny and his contributions to literature and education. The opening of the text sets the stage for Buchanan's remarkable legacy, beginning with a reflection on a significant historical event—the beheading of Lord William Russell—paired with the burning of Buchanan’s and Milton’s political writings by the University of Oxford. It establishes Buchanan as a pivotal figure in the defense of the principles of liberty and governance by the people, and introduces his dual role as both a fierce political critic and a celebrated poet of his time. The author notes Buchanan's profound influence on later political movements and his esteem among contemporaries, as well as his active engagement in the political turmoil of his era, solidifying his place in the history of liberal thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45427/45427-h/images/front_cover.jpg en Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 DA Text Famous Scots Series Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General 308088 308096 2024-09-19T06:13:46.091827 2023-09-19T17:20:54.975689 text/html text/html 310522 2014-04-17T14:32:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 342439 2014-04-17T14:33:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 362319 2024-09-19T06:13:51.874839 application/epub+zip 364445 2024-09-19T06:13:47.167795 application/epub+zip 171186 2024-09-19T06:13:46.619802 application/epub+zip 468263 2024-09-19T06:13:55.386751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358471 2024-09-19T06:13:51.287792 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243955 2022-09-20T17:50:26.644563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244511 2024-09-19T06:13:45.274807 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 246768 2014-04-17T14:31:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 96081 2014-04-17T14:33:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 244280 2014-04-17T14:32:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 95611 2014-04-17T14:33:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 244319 2014-04-17T14:32:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 95521 2014-04-17T14:33:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22631 2024-09-19T06:13:55.532793 application/rdf+xml 16708 2024-09-19T06:13:46.720806 image/jpeg 2468 2024-09-19T06:13:46.670810 image/jpeg 344563 2024-09-19T06:13:46.124795 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 en.wikipedia