Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506–1582)
For other uses, see George Buchanan (disambiguation).
George Buchanan
George Buchanan by A Bronckorst, 1581 (National Gallery of Scotland).
Born
February 1506
Killearn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died
28 September 1582 (aged 76)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality
Scottish
Alma mater
University of St Andrews (B.A.) University of Paris (M.A.)
Occupation(s)
historian, scholar
Statue of George Buchanan, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
George Buchanan (Scottish Gaelic: Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth century Scotland produced." His ideology of resistance to royal usurpation gained widespread acceptance during the Scottish Reformation. Brown says the ease with which King James VII was deposed in 1689 shows the power of Buchananite ideas.[1]
The 31-metre-high (101 ft 8 in) Buchanan Monument in Killearn commemorates his nearby birthplace.
His treatise De Jure Regni apud Scotos, published in 1579. discussed the doctrine that the source of all political power is the people, and that the king is bound by those conditions under which the supreme power was first committed to his hands, and that it is lawful to resist, even to punish, tyrants.
The importance of Buchanan's writings is shown by the suppression of his work by James VI and the British legislatures in the century following their publication. It was condemned by act of parliament in 1584, and burned by the University of Oxford in 1664 and 1683.[2]
^Keith M Brown, "Reformation to Union, 1560–1707," in R.A. Houston and W. W. J. Knox, eds., The New Penguin History of Scotland (2001) pp 182–275, quote at p 185
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