The trial of George Buchanan before the Lisbon inquisition
Subtitle: including the text of Buchanan's defences along with a translation and commentary
By: by James M. Aitken.
Contributors: Aitken, James Macrae; Inquisition. Lisbon
Publisher: Oliver and Boyd
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Notes: Latin text of Buchanan's defences and English translation on opposite pages.

"The present work was written as a Ph.D. thesis, and was accepted as such by Edinburgh university in December 1938.  Since then I have made a number of alterations and additions with a view to publication in book form."--p. viii.

"In 1548 Buchanan was accused of the use of flesh in Lent, of writing against the Franciscans, and of the remark that Augustine would have favoured those whom the Roman church condemned."--Dict. nat. biog.

Bibliography: p. 153-155.