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Restoration Scotland, 1660-1690by Clare Jackson
Boydell & Brewer 2003; US$ 95.00The years following the Restoration of the Stuart monarchs to the throne are currently the subject of considerable scholarly enquiry regarding events in England, but this is the first modern study of political and religious attitudes in Scotland in the decades after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. more...
The Jacobite Movement in Scotland and in Exile, 1746-1759by Doron Zimmermann
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 130.00The principal conclusion of this book is that the Jacobite Movement persisted as a viable threat to the British state, and was perceived as such by its opponents to 1759. more...
The Scots and the Unionby Christopher A. Whatley
Edinburgh University Press 2006; US$ 51.72This book traces the background to the Treaty of Union of 1707, explains why it happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inauguration. The book offers a radical new interpretation of the causes of union. The idea that the Scots were ?bought and sold for English gold? is largely rejected. Instead, emphasis is placed upon the international, dynastic and religious contexts in which the union was negotiated. The aggressive France of Louis XIV, the imagined threat posed by the church of Rome, and the real one represented by the Stuart pretender, loomed large in the consciousnesses of Scots who sought union. The principles... more...
The Scottish Parliament Under Charles II, 1660-1685by Gillian MacIntosh
Edinburgh University Press 2007; US$ 99.50On 14 May 1660, Charles II, restored to the throne of his father, was proclaimed king of Great Britain and Ireland at the market-cross of Edinburgh, bringing to an end over twenty years of internal upheaval. At the subsequent meeting of the Scottish parliament in January 1661, the ascendant royalist administration sought to abolish all constitutional innovations introduced during the revolutionary period in an attempt to secure the royal prerogative and prevent a repeat of rebellion from below. This book traces the background to the restoration of the monarchy in Scotland, explains why the Scottish political elite were so willing to relinquish power back to the king and assesses the impact of the restrictive Restoration constitutional settlement... more...
Scottish Presbyterians and the Act of Union 1707by Jeffrey Stephen
Edinburgh University Press 2007; US$ 99.50Set against the background of post-revolution Scottish ecclesiastical politics, this book addresses the hitherto largely neglected religious dimension to the debates on Anglo-Scottish Union. Focusing predominantly on the period between April 1706 and January 1707, the book examines the attitudes and reactions of Presbyterians to the treaty and challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the role of the church and other groups during the debate. The focal point of the Kirks response was the Commission of the General Assembly. Through the extensive use of church records and other primary sources the work of the commission in pursuit of church security through its debates, committees and addresses, is discussed at length. The book... more...
Scotland and the Union 1707-2007by Tom M. Devine
Edinburgh University Press 2008; US$ 89.99A comprehensive examination of the past, present and future prospects of the Anglo-Scottish Union, this book is written by the cream of the academic talent in modern Scottish history and Scottish politics. It appeals to a wide readership while conforming to the highest standards of scholarship and no other volume considers the entire 300-year experience of Union - from its origins in the early 18th century to the historic parliamentary victory of the SNP in May 2007. All the key themes and questions are covered here:. " why the Union took place. " its growing acceptance in the eighteenth century. " the central role of the Scots in the British Empire and the impact on Scotland. " the politics of unionism. " the challenge... more...
The Scottish People and the French Revolutionby Bob Harris
Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2008; US$ 99.00Harris compares the emergence of ?the people? as a political force in Scotland with popular political movements in England and Ireland. more...
Von der Wahrheit zur Wahrscheinlichkeitby Anette Meyer
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 126.00In the 18th century, the science of man opened up the conceptual framework for re-interpreting the origins and development of the human species itself. It was the ever more popular reports of 'savages' which had led to a questioning of the biblical account of Creation. Borrowing from scientific methods, the Scottish Enlightenment developed a model of hypothesis-led empirical research into humankind. German popular philosophy in particular carried this conception forward in a variety of ways, but their ability to establish connections and their creativity fell into oblivion as a result of the specialisation and disciplining of the field at the beginning of the 19th century. more...
A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800by Elizabeth A Foyster; Christopher A Whatley
Edinburgh University Press 2010; US$ 152.00This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, social and economic change. It underlines the importance of the church in post-Reformation Scottish society, but also highlights aspects of everyday life that remained the same, or similar, notwithstanding the efforts of the kirk, employers and the state to alter behaviours and attitudes.Drawing upon and interrogating a range of primary sources, the authors create a richly coloured, highly-nuanced picture of the lives of ordinary Scots from birth through marriage to death. Analytical in approach, the coverage of topics is wide, ranging from the ways people made a living, through their non-work activities... more...
An Uncounselled Kingby Peter Donald
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 42.00A new perspective on the Scottish troubles in the crisis years of 163741 more...