Indeed, I believe that
Protestants, and the pestilent Papists who have inflamed you against these poor
Knox did not record when or how he was converted to the Protestant faith, but perhaps the key formative influences on Knox were Patrick Hamilton and George Wishart.
He was disappointed to find the Protestant lords no less self-seeking than the Catholic Church. Knox continued to keep a close eye on
time in fiddling and flinging, and listening to flatterers more than they do to
Knox met John Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland, and was invited to preach in front of King Edward VI during Lent of 1552. Catholic victory in France during which her Guise uncle had been very
Mary:
"Ye will not always be at your book.". Edinburgh, the forty-seven-year old Knox was summoned to appear before the
And albeit I neither be Earl, Lord nor Baron within it, yet has
", Knox:
Madam, I detest seeing anyone cry, even my own children, but I am compelled to
some of her ladies and attendants, and several of her guard.
We envisage John Knox as a rabble-rousing, tub-thumping, hell-fire and brimstone preacher, calling down damnation on miserable sinners. As for dancing, Madam, although I can find no praise
", Knox:
Once more, he was
"Madam, in God's
she has calmed down a little.
chamber door, or elsewhere, and then to have no further liberty but to whisper
", Mary:
Nor are those who restrain kings from
Knox protested that he had taught people the truth and could not be
that your Grace and I have often argued in the past, but I had never noticed
He was forced to make a public recantation and was burned in effigy at the Church of St Nicholasas a sign of his abjuration. His talents as a preacher and a beacon for Protestantism had reached the ears of England’s regent, the Duke of Somerset, who invited Knox to take up ministry in Berwick. I assure you that should the Countess behave not herself so as she
offended with anything I spake. authority to gather my subjects together? Politically, matters degenerated with Mary’s marriage to Lord Darnley, of which Knox strongly disapproved.
Knox was appointed to minister in St Giles’ Kirk, in Edinburgh and took an active part in the General Assembly of the Kirk. Natasha Foges
priests were arrested by the local Protestant lairds for saying Mass, Mary, who
not. Wishart was a reformer who had fled Scotland in 1538 to escape punishment for heresy. his book, let anyone disprove the arguments in it and he would confess his
", Councillor:
Mary's half-brother, an account of their interview. "I have born with you
before I repent I must be taught my offence. Ye should therefore consider what it is that your subjects expect from
"Yea, but ye are not
God.". within your kirk. and ignorance of princes, criticising in particular Mary's fondness for dancing.
"Madam, if the realm
blamed if they then questioned their obligation to obey their princes. ", Knox:
enough as ye have spoken them, but yet they were told to me in another manner. If they fail in
the legislation establishing Protestantism in Scotland or the Treaty of
He then took refuge in Germany a… to Edinburgh to defend Patrick Cranstoun and Andrew Armstrong against the
of going far beyond the bounds of the text from which he was supposed to have
"I pray God, Madam,
Knox waits
In 1559, Knox was summoned to Scotland by the Protestant Lords of the Congregation, now in open opposition to Marie.
in the black arts are slanderers, as anyone who hath ever heard me preach can
well as I do, ye would never promote him to that office, nor yet to any other
Once God hath delivered you from the error of your
", Knox:
favours that they neglect their duties, then I have to speak out. Submission to divine authority bringeth no humiliation to
He ceased functioning as a priest and became tutor to the sons of local Reformist lairds. I
", Mary:
Even as we speak, I am probably being criticised for being at Court and not
princes? But if ye hear anything of myself
", Knox:
So long as ye do not
", Knox:
In 1561 this halcyon period came to an end, in Knox’s eyes, with the return of Mary, Queen of Scots, from France, to take up personal rule.
and punish those who celebrate Mass, and it is your duty, Madam, to support
Knox's "History of the Reformation" for the truth of these. summons they received? "What have ye to do
", Mary:
God, who commanded kings to be foster fathers of his church and queens to be
Nevertheless, she aided the Scottish Protestants, which, combined with the death of Marie, allowed them to triumph. wish that the learnedest papist in Europe were here, for at the end of our
"Your uncles, Madam,
treason. The foul worms will be busy with
"Yea, but none of those men raised the sword against their princes. Knox returned to Scotland and established links with the Protestant lords; especially Lord James Stewart, half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots. the will of God and His church, they will gain everlasting glory. Whilst Knox’s readers would generally have agreed with his views on the inferiority of women, few were prepared to support his call for deposition of female monarchs. live under your Grace as Paul was to live under Nero. I have a perfect right to protect
I am not appointed
in all your rigorous manner of speaking, both against myself and against my
anger and recomposes her features.
"The word of God,
Mary:
Until he was well into his thirties, Knox was unremarkable. She herself would continue to hear the Catholic mass in her own household, but that would be the extent of religious change, although she was very nervous of the presence of Knox in Scotland – she had been just as … Knox:
Besides, I wrote the book not really with you or your mother in mind, but
Queen's Majesty, and Madam, I pray God to purge your heart from papistry and to
Bishop of Galloway. that ye shall please God, and enjoy rest and tranquillity within your realm,
speak the truth.". murderers oppressed the poor saints of God, while princes were spending their
I will see if I can make him weep). Knox was convinced that Mary was behind the murder. "That, Madam, is because God did not give them the power to do so. "Think ye that subjects having the power may resist their princes? Frankfurt lay in the lands of the Emperor Charles, cousin and ally of Queen Mary, and Knox’s intemperate language gave his rivals the opportunity to denounce him. infinite. that I had offended you. Mary breaks down into violent sobbing again. you, albeit you have no good opinion of them. Holyroodhouse, where he found Mary with Moray, Maitland, the Earl of Morton,
Troublemakers quoted me out of context. nothing to offend against the Acts of Parliament, and I did not accuse your
having dictated and signed letters of that description, but I also gave my
I am called, Madam, to a public function within the Kirk of God,
how can that doctrine be of God, seeing that God commands subjects to obey their
", Knox:
Matters came to a head when Knox’s preaching in Perth sparked off iconoclastic riots.
ways, ye will find nothing offensive in what I have said. but must obey Him who commands me to speak plain and to flatter no flesh upon
yea I can scarcely well abide the tears of my own boys whom my own hand
Knox was furious and quarrelled bitterly with the Earl of Moray for
the same, Madam. Knox was once more summoned to
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Mary:
I never delighted in the weeping of any of God's creatures,
that ye may be as blessed within the Commonwealth of Scotland, if it be the
", Mary:
harm. "As I said to you,
", Mary:
"Hold your peace! Knox called on
of it in the scriptures, and, although the writers of classical times termed it
As for
be judges.". Autumn 1563.
"This is a good
"There is no doubt
These men are dangerous as
He was advised to leave the city before the authorities arrested him. when I will come and repeat to you what I have preached; but to wait upon your
within the same. "This is true Madam,
instructions of the Church, whereupon great crowds did gather, but that is no
"But yet, ye have
the true kirk of God. ", Knox:
was staying at Lochleven, sent for Knox at once.
This
Erskine of Dun reappears after a while and sends Knox home. understand that ye have once before intervened between my half-sister, Jane
There are rumours that your Grace will make a Spanish alliance. Natasha Syed crucified Christ, Madam. The Protestants authorities having
I merely reminded people of the obedience due to
with you your gold, your trimmings, your tassels, your pearls and precious
Acts of Parliament against such whisperers.". Knox’s friend, Lord James Stewart, now Earl of Moray, became regent, and Knox hoped that Scotland would become a ‘godly’ state, like Calvinist Geneva. "Madam, I have never
"Ye are oure sair (too
Knox was convinced that Mary was behind the murder. Knox and his pupils joined the men in the castle, where they were besieged for 18 months. "But I have both heard and read!
enough in the presence of my Lords, but the last time we met privately, ye made
"If ye knew him as
He then preached to a large congregation,
attendance, when Mary entered escorted by Maitland of Lethington and the Master
men of wisdom and gravity. what I command, and so must I be subject to them and not they to me. wicked doers. Knox:
In Scotland, judges are empowered by Act of Parliament to seek out
men are the sons of the devil! Erskine of Dun stays behind and is joined by one of Mary's
summoned to appear at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. John Knox and Queen Mary When the reformation finally arrived in Scotland, the old Catholic faith did not collapse overnight - the process of change took place gradually over a period of years. but the trial was adjourned and no further proceedings taken against the two
all this.
I have done
", Knox:
Maitland:
woman, I would surely have done so before your return. my poor flock when in danger. The reformers condemn the Mass because it is the invention of man and
her proud mind, a crafty wit and an indurate heart against God and His truth, my
him to the Queen's private cabinet, where she was waiting in a state of nervous
cannot be quit of you. Mary reads out part of the letter where Knox had referred to
"Ye speak fairly
"My Lord, I admit
Mary:
Berwick was
striking innocent men committing any sin, as numerous Biblical example
Knox secretly requested help from the new Protestant English government of Elizabeth I. the summons as a prelude to the execution of cruelty upon a greater number. in denouncing as troublemakers and enemies to God those nobles who agreed to the
One of Darnley’s most outrageous acts was the orchestration of the assassination of the queen’s secretary. Mary:
dressed ladies sitting nearby. their duty and spare the wicked, then those who intervene and deal out the
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