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George Buchanan
George Buchanan 1506–82, Scottish humanist. Educated at St. Andrews and Paris, he became (1536) tutor to James V's illegitimate son James Stuart (later earl of Murray). He was imprisoned (1539) for satirizing the Franciscans but escaped to the Continent. He taught at Bordeaux, where Montaigne was among his pupils, and at Coimbra and became highly regarded as a Latin poet. Returning to Scotland in 1560, Buchanan declared himself a Protestant. He became an opponent of Mary Queen of Scots after the murder (1567) of Lord Darnley and in 1571 published the Detectio Mariae Reginae, a bitter attack on the queen. From 1570 to 1578 he was tutor of the young king James VI (later James I of England). Buchanan's Rerum Scoticarum historia (1582) is a useful source for his time, but his most influential work was the De jure regni apud Scotos (1579), which argued that the king rules by popular will and for the general good.
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"George Buchanan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "George Buchanan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BuchannG.html "George Buchanan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BuchannG.html |
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Buchanan, George
Buchanan, George (1506–82). The most distinguished Scottish humanist of his era, Buchanan was born near Killearn in Stirlingshire and educated primarily at Paris, where he quickly gained a reputation as a neo-Latin poet and dramatist of rare distinction. Deeply influenced by Erasmus, his strongly anticlerical views led to frequent brushes with authority culminating in imprisonment by the Portuguese Inquisition. The date of his conversion to protestantism is unknown, but on his return to Scotland in 1561 he was associated both with the court of the catholic Mary Stuart and with the new protestant kirk. Following the queen's deposition in 1567, he emerged as the most influential of Mary's detractors, justifying resistance to tyranny in his elegant dialogue De jure regni apud Scotos (1579) and his monumental Rerum Scoticarum historia (1582). Both were dedicated to Mary's son James VI, whose education at Buchanan's hands profoundly influenced the king's own belief in his divine right to rule.
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JOHN CANNON. "Buchanan, George." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Buchanan, George." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BuchananGeorge.html JOHN CANNON. "Buchanan, George." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BuchananGeorge.html |
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Buchanan, George
Buchanan, George (1506–82), satirized the Franciscans and was imprisoned at St Andrews. Escaping, he went to the Continent, became a professor at Bordeaux, where he had Montaigne among his pupils, and in 1547 was invited to teach in the university of Coimbra, but was imprisoned by the Inquisition, 1549–51. He returned to Scotland and professed himself a Protestant. He became a bitter enemy of Mary Queen of Scots, in consequence of the murder of Darnley, and vouched that the Casket Letters were in her handwriting. He wrote his Detectio Maria Scotorum Regina in 1571. He was tutor to James VI and I during 1570–8. Chief among his many writings are his Latin poem Sphaera, an exposition of the Ptolemaic system as against that advocated by Copernicus, and his Latin Rerum Scoticarum Historia (1582).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Buchanan, George." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Buchanan, George." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BuchananGeorge.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Buchanan, George." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BuchananGeorge.html |
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Buchanan, George
Buchanan, George (1506–82). The most distinguished Scottish humanist of his era, Buchanan was educated at Paris, where he gained a reputation as a neo‐Latin poet and dramatist. Deeply influenced by Erasmus, his anticlerical views led to frequent brushes with authority culminating in imprisonment by the Portuguese Inquisition. On his return to Scotland in 1561 he was associated both with the court of Mary Stuart and with the new protestant kirk. Following the queen's deposition in 1567, he emerged as the most influential of Mary's detractors, justifying resistance to tyranny in his elegant dialogue De jure regni apud Scotos (1579) and his monumental Rerum Scoticarum historia (1582).
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JOHN CANNON. "Buchanan, George." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Buchanan, George." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BuchananGeorge.html JOHN CANNON. "Buchanan, George." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BuchananGeorge.html |
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Buchanan, George
Buchanan, George (1506–82), Scottish scholar and man of letters. While teaching in Portugal, he came under suspicion of heresy for his satires on the contemporary Church, was imprisoned by the Inquisition, and moved from humanism of the Erasmian type to Protestantism. Returning to Scotland in 1561, he was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Kirk in 1567. Though tutor to both Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI (James I of England), he rejected the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings and regarded the people as the source of political power.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Buchanan, George." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Buchanan, George." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BuchananGeorge.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Buchanan, George." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BuchananGeorge.html |
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