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A provocative new account of Scotland's history across a century of revolution and political instability.
This edition in the New History of Scotland series radically updates Rosalind Mitchison's Lordship to Patronage (1983), covering Scotland's history, 1625-1745.
Union, war, conquest, revolution, attempted invasions, and armed rebellions: this was an eventful time even by the standards of Scotland's turbulent history. At the same time, traditional notions of kinship and community came under strain as profound economic changes reshaped social relations and created new opportunities.
Laura A. M. Stewart and Janay Nugent explore the creative volatility of the Anglo-Scottish relationship within a European and transatlantic context. Scotland's integration into the burgeoning British imperial state proved easier for some than others; it also drew Scots into the global slave trade. This is an accessible and stimulating account of a contentious period, knowledge of which is crucial for an understanding of British history and the politics of today.
Key features:
. modernised edition in classic series
. provides an accessible guide to recent scholarly debates
. relates Scotland's political, socio-economic, and cultural development to the formation of the British imperial state, European and transatlantic migration, and the expansion of global trade
. encourages students and general readers to consider a wholistic view of early modern Scotland including community, household, gender and age of all social ranks
Laura A.M. Stewart is professor of early modern British history at the University of York. Janay Nugent is Associate Professor of History at the University of Lethbridge in Canada.
Sommario
Preface; List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Early Stuart Scotland: Britain, Europe, And Beyond
Part One: Scotland and The Formation Of BritainChapter 1. Covenants and Conquest
Chapter 2. Restoration and Revolution
Chapter 3. The Union Of 1707
Chapter 4. Hanoverian Scotland: Whigs and Tories, Unionists and Jacobites
Part Two: Cultures, Communities, and Institutions In Early Modern ScotlandChapter 5. Politics and Participation
Chapter 6. Religious Cultures
Chapter 7. Community, Household, Gender, and Age
Chapter 8. Art and Architecture
Conclusion: North Britons
Further Reading; Index
Info autore
Dr Laura A.M. Stewart is Professor of early modern British history at York. Her research is focussed on Scotland and Britain in the seventeenth century and she has published widely on many aspects of Scottish political and religious culture. She is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Scotland), the Royal Historical Society, and the Higher Education Academy, co-convener of the seminar for British History in the Seventeenth Century at the Institute of Historical Research in London, a member of the Scottish Medievalists, and a representative on the Royal Historical Society's advisory panel for the Bibliography of British and Irish History.
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A provocative new account of Scotland’s history across a century of revolution and political instability
