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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... Country with regret', Taylor wrote, 'upon account of the discouragements we receiv'd from every body'. These had led Taylor to conclude that the three men were 'going into the most barb'rous Country in the world' and would be lucky to ...
... Country with regret', Taylor wrote, 'upon account of the discouragements we receiv'd from every body'. These had led Taylor to conclude that the three men were 'going into the most barb'rous Country in the world' and would be lucky to ...
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... country's economic circumstances in the wake of the Darien disaster, the tragic outcome of what was Scotland's most ambitious colo- nial venture to date, and the famine of the second half of the same decade. The consequences are ...
... country's economic circumstances in the wake of the Darien disaster, the tragic outcome of what was Scotland's most ambitious colo- nial venture to date, and the famine of the second half of the same decade. The consequences are ...
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... country's overseas trade was a factor in virtually all of the negotiations that took place with England from ... country too, active supporters of union were thin on the ground. Some contemporaries believed the nation was ninetenths ...
... country's overseas trade was a factor in virtually all of the negotiations that took place with England from ... country too, active supporters of union were thin on the ground. Some contemporaries believed the nation was ninetenths ...
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... country's records, rolls and registers which it had been feared might also be destroyed, and with them the nation's pre-union memory.33 The honours were concealed in a sealed chest of oak and iron, but were rediscovered in the crown ...
... country's records, rolls and registers which it had been feared might also be destroyed, and with them the nation's pre-union memory.33 The honours were concealed in a sealed chest of oak and iron, but were rediscovered in the crown ...
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... country's history is further suggested by the earl of Haddington's complaint in August, that the country 'was deader than ever it was', admittedly a sentiment informed in part by his evident disappointment that 'fornication is quite out ...
... country's history is further suggested by the earl of Haddington's complaint in August, that the country 'was deader than ever it was', admittedly a sentiment informed in part by his evident disappointment that 'fornication is quite out ...
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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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