A01=Linda J. Dunbar
Alexander Young
Andrew Ayton
Author_Linda J. Dunbar
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Catholic-Protestant transition
clerical discipline practices
Commissary Court
court
Deputy Rector
ecclesiastical governance
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Fife Men
Godly Bishop
john
John Winram
Kirk Lands
Kirk Session
Local Kirk Session
Maternal Half Brother
National Library
Parish Incumbents
pre-Reformation Bishops
Priory Precinct
Reformed Kirk
Regent Moray
religious identity transformation
Scottish Reformation
Scottish Reformation history
Scottish Superintendents
sixteenth-century Fife church reform
St Andrews Priory
St Andrews University
St Leonard's College
St Salvator's College
superintendency in early modern Scotland
Superintendent's Court
Synod Meetings
winram
Product details
- ISBN 9780754603436
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Nov 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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As Superintendent of Fife, John Winram played a pivotal role in the reform of the Scottish Church. Charting his career within St Andrews priory from canon to subprior, Linda Dunbar examines the ambiguity of Winram's religious stance in the years before 1559 and argues that much of the difficulty in pinning down Winram's views stems from the mis-identification of John Knox's un-named reforming sub-prior with Winram. In fact, as the book shows, this early reformer was probably Winram's own sub-prior, Alexander Young. The various reforming influences on Winram, and the gradual change in his religious stance is charted, together with his robust attempts at Catholic reform with St Andrews and his profound effect upon John Knox during the siege of the castle. In 1559, Winram eventually decided to side with the Protestants. The book concludes with an analysis of the difficulties experienced by Winram and the preponderance of accusations against him which led to his final relinquishing of office in 1577. In his transition from a Catholic to a Protestant reformer, Winram's experience is typical of that of many of his contemporaries in Scotland and in Europe.
Linda J. Dunbar, St Ninian's Church, Glenrothes, UK
