Noble power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution /
Noble power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution /:

The period between the Reformation and the Covenanting Revolution has generated much historical debate on issues of political authority and power. In this volume Keith M Brown builds on his previous book, Noble Society in Scotland, to argue that in spite of the changes brought about by the Reformati...

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1. Verfasser: Brown, Keith M. (Historian) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2011]
Schlagworte:
1500-1699
Nobility > Scotland > History > 16th century.
Nobility > Scotland > History > 17th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Nobility
Politics and government
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Scotland > History > 16th century.
Scotland > History > 17th century.
Scotland > Politics and government > 16th century.
Scotland > Politics and government > 17th century.
Écosse > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Écosse > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 16e siècle.
Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 17e siècle.
Scotland
Schottland
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History
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Zusammenfassung:The period between the Reformation and the Covenanting Revolution has generated much historical debate on issues of political authority and power. In this volume Keith M Brown builds on his previous book, Noble Society in Scotland, to argue that in spite of the changes brought about by the Reformation, by the recovery of crown authority and by the regal union between England and Scotland, the huge power exercised by the nobility remained fundamentally unaltered. Hence when political crisis did surface in 1637-8 the crown lacked the means to oppose a noble-led revolution. Noble Power in Scotland is constructed within a framework that discusses the nobility's political relationship with the crown in chapters at either end of this volume, taking the regal union of 1603 as the crucial dividing point. The remainder of the book addresses in turn themes that analyse the various roles nobles inhabited in exercising power. There are chapter on nobles as chiefs of the remarkably strong and durable kindreds or clans, as lords over extensive territorial networks of dependants, as warriors and soldiers in domestic and foreign service, as men whose notions of honour often determined political behaviour, as magistrates presiding over a system of private local jurisdictions while also colonising central law courts, as parliamentarians and royal councillors, and as courtiers in attendance on the king in Scotland and after 1603 in London. Brown places this discussion firmly within a wider debate about the enduring power of European nobilities, showing that the Scottish nobility successfully adapted to political change, just as it did to economic and cultural change, to retain its dominant political position throughout the period.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-322) and index.
ISBN:9780748628230
0748628231
9780748653546
0748653546
9781299105515
1299105513

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