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George Buchanan

(1506—1582) poet, historian, and administrator

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Buchanan, George

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

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2006
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Although George Buchanan (1506–1582) is best remembered today for the radical political ideas he developed to justify the

Buchanan, George

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance

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2005
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History, Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
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(1506–82),

Scottish humanist poet and political philosopher. Educated at St Andrews and Paris, where he was taught by John ...

Buchanan, George

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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

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2005
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(1506–82),

humanist, textual critic, poet, playwright, historian, and political theorist, was a Scotsman who taught for many

Buchanan, George

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation

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2005
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(c.1506–1582), Scottish humanist.

He is the intellectual embodiment of the “Auld Alliance” between France and Scotland. He was

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