William Morison’s Andrew Melville is a biography of the Scottish scholar and reformer who succeeded John Knox as a leader of the Reformed Church in Scotland. Melville was a powerful advocate of Presbyterian church government and a fierce defender of the Church’s independence from royal control.
The book follows Melville’s career as a theologian and educator, his reform of the universities, and his celebrated confrontations with King James VI over the rights of Church and Crown. It illuminates a formative era in Scottish religious and political history. This free EPUB edition is ready to read on any e-reader, tablet, or phone.