Présentation de l'éditeur
The foundation of all the biographies of Buchanan is a short Latin sketch written two years before his death in all probability by himself, at the suggestion of his fiiends. On this sketch we have two commentaries, one by Sir Robert Sibbald (1707), the other by Ruddiman, both of which add a few details to its somewhat meagre outline. The only considerable biography of Buchanan is. that of Dr. David I rving, the second and last edition of which appeared in 1817. The excellent account of Buchanan in the Dictionary of National Biography by Mr. neas Mackay, is also deserving of special mention. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Buchanan was the subject of interminable controversies; but the main sources of our information regai ding him are those which have just been named.
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