Propaganda and persuasion in the early Scottish Reformation, c.1527-1557
The decades before the Scottish Reformation Parliament of 1560 witnessed the unprecedented use of a range of different media to disseminate the Protestant message and to shape beliefs and attitudes. By placing these works within their historical context, this thesis explores the ways in which various media â academic discourse, courtly entertainments, printed poetry, public performances, preaching and pedagogical tools â were employed by evangelical and Protestant reformers to persuade and/or educate different audiences within sixteenth-century Scottish society. The thematic approach examines not only how the reformist message was packaged, but how the movement itself and its persuasive agenda developed, revealing the ways in which it appealed to ever broader circles of Scottish society. In their efforts to bring about religious change, the reformers capitalised on a number of traditional media, while using different media to address different audiences. Hoping to initiate reform from within Church institutions, the reformers first addressed their appeals to the kingdom's educated elite. When their attempts at reasoned academic discourse met with resistance, they turned their attention to the monarch,
Tapscott, Elizabeth L.
Scottish Reformation ; Academic discourse ; Courtly entertainments ; Printing press ; Public performance ; Preaching ; Pedagogical tools ; Vernacular Bibles ; Catechism ; James V ; Patrick Hamilton ; Sir David Lindsay of the Mount ; John Knox ; George Wishart ; Alexander Alesius ; Murdoch Nisbet ; The richt vay to the Kingdome of Heuien ; George Buchanan ; Godly fit ; Rough wooings ; BR385.T2 ; Reformation--Scotland ; Propaganda--Scotland ; Christian literature, English--Protestant authors--History and criticism ; Christian education--Scotland--History--16th century ; Lindsay, David, Sir, fl. 1490-1555
Propaganda and persuasion in the early Scottish Reformation, c.1527-1557. The decades before the Scottish Reformation Parliament of 1560 witnessed the unprecedented use of a range of different media to disseminate the Protestant message and to shape beliefs and attitudes. By placing these works within their historical context, this thesis explores the ways in which various media â academic discourse, courtly entertainments, printed poetry, public performances, preaching and pedagogical tools â were employed by evangelical and Protestant reformers to persuade and/or educate different audiences within sixteenth-century Scottish society. The thematic approach examines not only how the reformist message was packaged, but how the movement itself and its persuasive agenda developed, revealing the ways in which it appealed to ever broader circles of Scottish society. In their efforts to bring about religious change, the reformers capitalised on a number of traditional media, while using different media to address different audiences. Hoping to initiate reform from within Church institutions, the reformers first addressed their appeals to the kingdom's educated elite. When their attempts at reasoned academic discourse met with resistance, they turned their attention to the monarch,
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