The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland

An outstanding and agenda-setting volume that puts the experience of Reformed ministers at the centre of the religious history of early modern Scotland. * New Books Network *
As well as adding nuance and depth to our understanding of the Reformed church and its ministers, The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland is also a rallying cry for an increased focus on the human aspects to religion. * The Innes Review *
What emerges is a remarkably human and less caricatured picture of the Scottish man of the cloth-neither the pious paragon of whig hagiography, nor the dour Calvinist killjoy of post-enlightenment satire. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *
il s'agit bien d'un apport important a l'histoire des cultures clericales. it is indeed an important contribution to the history of clerical cultures. * REVUE D'HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIQUE *
These chapters harvest rich details of the everyday lives of the early modern clergy and their collaboration with their parishioners. [...] The introductory historiography, various approaches, and combined bibliography might make this collection serve as a vade mecum to such future studies of the early modern Scottish Church. -- SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NEWS
The book is a significant contribution to our understanding of early modern Scottish religious culture. * CHURCH HISTORY *
This collection of essays provides a much-needed update to our understanding of the early modern men who answered the "calling of the ministrie" and the families who often supported them. * Scottish Historical Review *
This collection provides an invaluable contribution to the field of Scottish Reformation studies ... The contributors to both sections in this volume should be commended for their vast use of source material related to Scottish clergymen, especially those source collections previously ignored or underutilised. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *