Scots and the UnionEdinburgh University Press, 14 de abr. de 2014 - 480 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 inaugur |
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... Duke of Queensberry 8 Duke of Argyll 9 Earl of Mar 10 Earl of Cromartie 11 Earl of Leven 12 Earl of Stair 13 William Carstares Sir John Clerk of Penicuik iS Duke of Roxburghe 16 Earl of Marchmont 17 George Baillie of Jerviswood 18 John ...
... Duke of Queensberry 8 Duke of Argyll 9 Earl of Mar 10 Earl of Cromartie 11 Earl of Leven 12 Earl of Stair 13 William Carstares Sir John Clerk of Penicuik iS Duke of Roxburghe 16 Earl of Marchmont 17 George Baillie of Jerviswood 18 John ...
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... duke of Portland's letters written in French. In our search for illustrations we have had invaluable assistance from Alison Wright of the British Museum, Ailsa MacTaggart of Historic Scotland, Caroline Leitch of Inverness Museum and Art ...
... duke of Portland's letters written in French. In our search for illustrations we have had invaluable assistance from Alison Wright of the British Museum, Ailsa MacTaggart of Historic Scotland, Caroline Leitch of Inverness Museum and Art ...
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... duke of Gloucester. Gloucester was the only surviving child of the future queen, Anne. William had lost his wife Mary in and, unenthusiastic about finding a new marriage partner, died without producing a natural heir. In her ...
... duke of Gloucester. Gloucester was the only surviving child of the future queen, Anne. William had lost his wife Mary in and, unenthusiastic about finding a new marriage partner, died without producing a natural heir. In her ...
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... duke of Gloucester's death, as a means of improving the country's economic circumstances in the wake of the Darien disaster, the tragic outcome of what was Scotland's most ambitious colonial venture to date, and the famine of the second ...
... duke of Gloucester's death, as a means of improving the country's economic circumstances in the wake of the Darien disaster, the tragic outcome of what was Scotland's most ambitious colonial venture to date, and the famine of the second ...
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... duke of Marlborough, effectively chief strategist of the forces of the second grand alliance that had been formed in to defeat France, and one of Queen Anne's principal advisers, union of Scotland with England was vital if he ...
... duke of Marlborough, effectively chief strategist of the forces of the second grand alliance that had been formed in to defeat France, and one of Queen Anne's principal advisers, union of Scotland with England was vital if he ...
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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 |
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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