Rerum Scoticarum Historia
by George Buchanan
George Buchanan (1506-1582) was a noted Scottish humanist.[1] He was educated at St. Andrews University and Paris. His career was characteristically humanistic: that of teacher, tutor for the children of nobility, translator, and poet. While a Latin teacher in Paris, his attacks landed on the Franciscans landed him in jail for heresy. He later escaped and taught in various locations around Europe, where he translated Latin and wrote original dramas.[2]
Buchanan’s work, Rerum Scoticarum Historia, is a monumental but unreliable history of Scotland. The work was completed shortly before his death.[3]
Bibliographic Information
Author: George Buchanan.
Title: Rerum Scoticarum Historia.
Published: Amsterodami: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1643.
Edition:
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Fully bound in contemporary white sheepskin with hand-painted lettering on spine, including volume number. The cover is stitched to leaves using small leather strips across the front and back of the spine. Purchased from Sequitur Books.
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References
- ↑ The Columbia Encyclopedia, s.v. "Buchanan, George" (New York: Columbia University Press, 2013- ), accessed October 3, 2013 http://www.credoreference.com/entry/columency/buchanan_george.
- ↑ Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, s.v. "Buchanan, George" (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2012-), accessed October 3, 2013 http://www.credoreference.com/entry/ebconcise/buchanan_george.
- ↑ Chambers Biographical Dictionary. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011. s.v. "Buchanan, George," http://www.credoreference.com/entry/chambbd/buchanan_george (accessed October 3, 2013.)
