See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

MAJOR (or MAIR), See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN (1470-1550)  , Scottish theological and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Gleghornie, near See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1470 . He was educated at the school of See also:

• HADDINGTON
• HADDINGTON, EARL OF

Haddington, where See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox was later a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period spent at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge (at See also:

• GOD

God's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, afterwards See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College) he entered the university of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1493, studying successively at the colleges of St Barbe, Montaigu and See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre, and graduating as See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of arts in 1496 . Promoted to the doctorate in 1505, he lectured on See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at Montaigu College and on See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology at Navarre . He visited Scotland in 1515 and returned in 1518, when he was appointed See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent in the university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, John Knox being among the number of those who attended his lectures there . In 1522 he removed to St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew's University, where 111.1525 See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• BUCHANAN
• BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS
• BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)
• BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)
• BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901)

Buchanan was one of his pupils . He returned to the college of Montaigu in 1525, but was once more at St Andrew's in 1531, where he was See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of St Salvator's College from 1534 until his See also:

• DEATH

death . See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major's voluminous writings may be grouped under (a) See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic and philosophy, (b) Scripture commentary, and (c) See also:

• HISTORY

history . All are in Latin, all appeared between 1503 and 1530, and all were printed at Paris . The first See also:

• GROUP

group includes his Exponabilia (1503), his commentary on Petrus Hispanus (1505-1506), his Inclitarum artium libri (15o6, &c.), his commentary on J.See also:

• OANNES

oannes Dorp (1504, &c.), his Insolubilia (1516, &c.), his introduction to See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle's logic (1521, &c.), his commentary on the See also:

• ETHICS
• ETHICS, SHAFTESBURY, HOBBES

ethics (1530), and, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of all, his commentary on See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Lombard's Sentences (15o9, &c.); the second consists of a commentary on See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew (1518) and another on the Four Gospels (1529); the last is represented by his famous Historia Majoris Britanniae See also:

• TAM, JACOB BEN MEIR (1100-1171)

tam Angliae quam Scotiae per J . M . (1521) .

, In See also:

• POLITICAL

political philosophy he maintained the Scotist position, that See also:

• CIVIL

civil authority was derived from the popular will, but in theology he was a scholastic conservative, though he never failed to show his approbation of See also:

• GALLICANISM

Gallicanism and its plea for the reform of ecclesiastical abuses . He has See also:

• LEFT

left on See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record that it was his aim and See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope to reconcile See also:

• REALISM (from Low Lat. realis, appertaining to res, things, as opposed to ideas and imaginations)

realism and See also:

• NOMINALISM (from Lat. nomen, name)

nominalism in the interests of theological See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . He had a See also:

• WORLD

world-wide reputation as a teacher and writer . Buchanan's severe See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram, perhaps the only unfriendly words in the See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood of contemporary praise, may be explained as a protest against the See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise which Major appeared to offer rather than as a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal attack on his teacher . Major takes a more See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent attitude in his History, which is a remark-able example of historical accuracy and insight . He claims that the historian's chief See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty is to write truthfully, and he is careful to show that a theologian may fulfil this See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition . The History, on which his fame now rests, was reprinted by See also:

• FREE

Free-bairn (See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1740), and was translated in 189z by See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

Constable for the Scottish History Society . The latter See also:

• VOLUME

volume contains a full See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the author by See also:

• AENEAS

Aeneas J . G . See also:

• MACKAY
• MACKAY, CHARLES (1814–1889)
• MACKAY, HUGH (c. 164o-169z)
• MACKAY, JOHN WILLIAM (1831–1902)

Mackay and a bibliography by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

Graves See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law .