With the exception of John Knox, no one did more to shape the Scottish Reformation than Andrew Melville. Remembered chiefly as a firebrand defender of radical Presbyterianism and reformer of the Scottish university system, his broader contributions to the cultural development of early modern Scotland - his poetry and prose - have largely been marginalised in subsequent historiography. Yet, as this collection shows, Melvillle was much more than simply a parochial reformer - rather he was an influential member of a pan-European humanist network.

Roger Mason is professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. He is general editor of the New Edinburgh History of Scotland and is currently (2013-17) President of the Scottish History Society. He has published extensively in the field of early modern political thought and his most recent publications include an edition of Buchanan's 'De Iure Regni apud Scotos Dialogus' (Ashgate, 2004); 'George Buchanan's Law of Kingship: "De Iure Regni Apud Scotos Dialogus"' (Saltire Society, 2006); and (with Caroline Erskine) 'George Buchanan: Political Thought in Early Modern Britain and Europe' (Ashgate, 2012). Dr Steven Reid is Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. His research interests lie broadly in the intellectual and religious history of Scotland between c. 1450 and c. 1650, with particular interest in the impact of the European Renaissance and Reformation on Scotland. His most recent publications include, 'The Parish of Govan and the Principals of the University of Glasgow, 1577-1621' (Friends of Govan old lecture series, 2012); and with E.A. Wilson (eds.) 'Ramus, Pedagogy and the Liberal Arts: Ramism in Britain and the Wider World' (Ashgate, 2011).

Contents: Introduction, Roger A. Mason and Steven J. Reid; How Andrew Melville read his George Buchanan, Roger A. Mason; Andrew Melville and the law of kingship, Steven J. Reid; Empire and anti-empire: Andrew Melville and British political ideology, 1589-1605, Arthur Williamson; Melville, Rollock and Boyd on Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Mark W. Elliott; Melville's anti-episcopal poetry: the Andreae Melvini Musae, Steven J. Reid; Andrew Melville and the Gunpowder Plot, 1605-1609, Jamie Reid Baxter; The poet and his art: Andrew Melville and Latin literature, David McOmish; 'Sone and servant': Andrew Melville and his nephew, James (1556-1614), John McCallum; The making of Andrew Melville, Caroline Erskine; Appendices; Indexes.