Scots and the UnionEdinburgh University Press, 2006 - 440 páginas This 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 of the Glorious Revolution, and the persistence from that time on of key political figures in Scotland in their determination to secure a treaty with England were crucial. Unionists too concerned themselves with Scotland's ailing economy, and aspired to the kind of civic society that Holland had become and that they saw in London. They were as patriotic as many of their opponents and believed that union offered the Scots what they were unable to obtain as a small independent state, with the country's interests defended with what John Clerk called Scotland's 'phantom' Parliament. The complex and shifting opinions of the Scottish people outside Parliament are also examined, as well as the effect this had on proceedings within. Key featuresNew controversial interpretation - challenges currently dominant view that the Scots were 'bought and sold for English gold', and bullied into union with England. Wide-ranging; topic coverage comprehensive - looks more widely at Scottish society and its economy, culture etc. than the competitionTimely/topical: contemporary interest in this event in Scottish/British history, especially 2007 |
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... history published in the last decade' Colin Kidd, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 'This is an important and finely argued book. It brings an infusion of new evidence to bear on the old question of the causes of the Union of 1707 ...
... history published in the last decade' Colin Kidd, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 'This is an important and finely argued book. It brings an infusion of new evidence to bear on the old question of the causes of the Union of 1707 ...
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... History Scottish Historical Reviem State Papers Plates Between pages 208 and 209 1 Company of Scotland, viii THE SCOTS AND THE UNION.
... History Scottish Historical Reviem State Papers Plates Between pages 208 and 209 1 Company of Scotland, viii THE SCOTS AND THE UNION.
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... with source material; I have enjoyed sharp but con- vivial discussions on aspects of eighteenth-century Scottish history with him on train journeys we have shared from Edinburgh after meetings of xi.
... with source material; I have enjoyed sharp but con- vivial discussions on aspects of eighteenth-century Scottish history with him on train journeys we have shared from Edinburgh after meetings of xi.
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... history. Its impact indeed has been felt throughout much of the world over the past three centuries. But telling ... historical tome or scholarly journal. This is understandable. The Scots had and continue to have a strong sense of ...
... history. Its impact indeed has been felt throughout much of the world over the past three centuries. But telling ... historical tome or scholarly journal. This is understandable. The Scots had and continue to have a strong sense of ...
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... history may well have taken a different course.35 Together, the amendments to the articles made as they passed their tortuous way through the Scottish Parliament in the early winter months of – , made the treaty more palatable ...
... history may well have taken a different course.35 Together, the amendments to the articles made as they passed their tortuous way through the Scottish Parliament in the early winter months of – , made the treaty more palatable ...
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ambition and achievement and the aftermath of the Revolution | 104 |
a nation in crisis | 139 |
5 The most neglected if not opprest State in Europe? Confrontations and the search for compromise 17005 | 184 |
PLATES | 209 |
Parliament and the reconstruction of the pathway towards union 17056 | 224 |
the union commissioners and the hearts and minds of the people | 243 |
the union Parliament and the Scottish nation | 274 |
9 Union in the balance union accomplished | 322 |
Appendix A Membership of the Council of Trade elected 1705 voting record foragainst the court in the thirty recorded divisions in the union Parlia... | 381 |
Bibliography | 392 |
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