George Buchanan (1506-82) was the most distinguished Scottish humanist of the sixteenth century with an unparalleled contemporary reputation as a Latin poet, playwright, historian and political theorist. This volume represents the first attempt to explore the subsequent influence and importance of his broader interests and ideas. An international cast of scholars explore Buchanan's legacy as an historian and political theorist in the two centuries following his death, with particular emphasis on the reception of his remarkably radical views on popular sovereignty and tyrannicide.

List of Abbreviations, List of Figures, Notes on Contributors, Preface, Introduction: George Buchanan: Influence, Legacy, Reputation, Part One: Buchanan in Reformation Britain, 1. From Buchanan to Blaeu: The Politics of Scottish Chorography, 1582-1654, 2. Performance, Print and Politics in George Buchanan's Ane Detectioun of the duinges of Marie Quene of Scottes, 3. Spenser and Buchanan, 4. George Buchanan and the Patriot Cause, Part Two: Buchanan in Europe, 5. Tyrants and Translations: Dutch Interpretations of George Buchanan's Political Thought, 6. Buchanan and the German Monarchomachs, 7. The Reception of Buchanan in Northern Europe in the Seventeenth Century, Part Three: Buchanan and Revolutionary Britain, 8. The Ciceronian Theory of Tyrannicide from Buchanan to Milton, 9. George Buchanan and the Scottish Covenanters, 10. Buchanan in Hell: Sir James Turner's Civil War Royalism, 11. George Buchanan, English Whigs and Royalists, and the Canon of Political Theory, Part Four: Buchanan and the Enlig htenment, 12. Scotland's Fabulous Past: Charles Mackie and George Buchanan, 13. Assassination Principles in Scottish Political Culture: Buchanan to Hogg, 14. George Buchanan and Revolution Principles, 1688-1788, Index