"This is the first full scholarly study of state formation and the exercise of state power in Scotland. It sets the Scottish state in a British and European context, revealing that Scotland - like larger and better-known states - developed a more integrated governmental system in the sixteenth...

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1. Verfasser:	Goodare, Julian (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 1999
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1600-1700 Geschichte 1500-1600 Geschichte 1560-1625 Staatsinrichting Staatsmacht Staatsvorming Politik Entstehung Staat Gesellschaft Scotland - History - 16th century Scotland - History - 17th century Schottland Scotland > Politics and government > 16th century Scotland > Politics and government > 17th century Scotland > Social conditions
Zusammenfassung:	"This is the first full scholarly study of state formation and the exercise of state power in Scotland. It sets the Scottish state in a British and European context, revealing that Scotland - like larger and better-known states - developed a more integrated governmental system in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It offers a fresh perspective on the history of Scotland." "Julian Goodare shows how the magnates ceased to exercise autonomous local power, and instead managed the new administrative structure through client networks. The state no longer drew its main revenues from land, but developed new taxes; its fighting forces were modernized and detached from landed power. With the Reformation, powerful church institutions were created, and were gradually integrated into the state. The state's territorial integrity increased, giving it a closer and more troubled relationship with the Highlands. Scotland remained a sovereign state even after the union of crowns in 1603, but it was finally absorbed by England in 1707, and Dr Goodare examines the long-term context of this development."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	XV, 366 S.
ISBN:	019820762X