Publisher's note.

For many years this has been the standard work on John Knox. M’Crie sympathetically covers key events, portraying Knox’s influence in his native land and beyond, and occasionally diverts to comment on wider historical issues too. Controversial aspects of Knox’s life are given full attention and handled candidly. Extracts from his letters and interviews, often given in the vernacular, add to this portrait of Scotland’s leading reformer.

Contents:

Preface
Period 1 From His Birth to His Embracing of the Reformed Religion (1505-1542)
Period 2 From His Embracing the Reformed Religion to His Release from the French Galleys (1542-1549)
Period 3 From His Release from the French Galleys to His Departure Out of England (1549-1554)
Period 4 From His Departure Out of England to His Invitation into Scotland, by the Protestant Nobility (1554-1557)
Period 5 From His Invitation into Scotland, by the Protestant Nobility to His Settlement as Minister of Edinburgh, upon the Establishment of the Reformation (1557-1560)
Period 6 From His Settlement as Minister of Edinburgh, at the Establishment of the Reformation to His Acquittal, from a Charge of Treason, by the Privy Council (1560-1563)
Period 7 From His Acquittal, from a Charge of Treason, by the Privy Council, to His Being Struck with Apoplexy (1563-1570)
Period 8 From His Being Struck with Apoplexy to His Death (1570-1572)