c. 697–700
Latin
The Life of Columba
Adomnán of Iona · c. 624–704
The founder of Iona in three books of prophecies, miracles, and angelic visions, written by his ninth successor from the community's own memories.
Celtic · Biography
601–700
The Seventh Century
1 work
1501–1600
The Sixteenth Century
4 works
1558
English
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
John Knox · c. 1514–1572
An argument that female rule is contrary to nature, scripture, and justice, aimed at Mary Tudor and published months before Elizabeth came to the throne.
Reformed · Polemic
1560
Scots
The First Book of Discipline
John Knox and colleagues
A blueprint for a reformed Scotland: a school in every parish, a college in every burgh, universities reformed, and church lands used for ministry, education, and the poor.
Reformed · Church order
1560
Scots
The Scots Confession
John Knox and five others
Drafted in four days for the Scottish parliament, warm and narrative in style, defining the marks of the true church as the word preached, the sacraments rightly used, and discipline exercised.
Reformed · Confession
c. 1559–1571
Scots
The History of the Reformation in Scotland
John Knox · c. 1514–1572
A partisan and vivid account of the Scottish Reformation, including verbatim reconstructions of the author's own interviews with Mary Queen of Scots.
Reformed · History