Timothy Slonosky is a Professor in the Humanities Department of Dawson College. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, under the supervision of Margo Todd. He is the author of “Burgh Government and Reformation: Stirling c.1530-65” in Scotland’s Long Reformation, edited by John McCallum (Brill, 2016).

This work is packed with information supplemented with a copious bibliography, leaving readers with much to ponder.

• Acknowledgments IntroductionPart One: The Burghs Chapter 1: The Burghs: Setting and Economy Chapter 2: Governance in the burghs Chapter 3: The Civic Church Chapter 4: The Urban Clergy Part Two: Discussion and Disaster Chapter 5: The spread of new ideas 1520-1547 Chapter 6: Plague and War: 1543-50 Chapter 7: Recovery and Reaction 1550-1558 Part Three: Reformation from within and without Chapter 8: Creating Protestant Towns Conclusion Works Cited

Timothy Slonosky is a Professor in the Humanities Department of Dawson College. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, under the supervision of Margo Todd. He is the author of “Burgh Government and Reformation: Stirling c.1530-65” in Scotland’s Long Reformation, edited by John McCallum (Brill, 2016).

This work is packed with information supplemented with a copious bibliography, leaving readers with much to ponder.

• Acknowledgments IntroductionPart One: The Burghs Chapter 1: The Burghs: Setting and Economy Chapter 2: Governance in the burghs Chapter 3: The Civic Church Chapter 4: The Urban Clergy Part Two: Discussion and Disaster Chapter 5: The spread of new ideas 1520-1547 Chapter 6: Plague and War: 1543-50 Chapter 7: Recovery and Reaction 1550-1558 Part Three: Reformation from within and without Chapter 8: Creating Protestant Towns Conclusion Works Cited