A Protestant Lord in James VI's Scotland - George Keith, Fifth Earl Marischal (1554-1623)

A study of the life and career of one of Scotland's leading magnates during a turbulent period.

List of contents

Introduction
Inheritance and Education: 1513-1582
Three Feuds and Jacobean Politics: 1582-1595
Service to the State: 1595-1623
Defending the Borders of the Earldom: 1595-1623
Family Strategies and Crises: 1595-1623
Lordship and the Reformed Kirk: 1560-1623
Economic Activities: 1581-1623
Marischal College: 1593-1623
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Miles Kerr-Peterson

Summary

A study of the life and career of one of Scotland's leading magnates during a turbulent period.

Product details

• Authors: Miles Kerr-Peterson
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2019
• EAN: 9781783273768
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-376-8
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History; St Andrews Studies in Scottish
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries