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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... least some historians, a few of whom have resorted to the use of language of a temper that is more commonly to be seen in the tabloid newspapers than the weighty historical tome or scholarly journal. This is understandable. The Scots ...
... least some historians, a few of whom have resorted to the use of language of a temper that is more commonly to be seen in the tabloid newspapers than the weighty historical tome or scholarly journal. This is understandable. The Scots ...
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... least through English eyes – Scotland failed to follow suit and in the Scottish Parliament passed an Act of Security that declared that the Scots would choose their own successor to Anne. Anglo-French tensions had already been ...
... least through English eyes – Scotland failed to follow suit and in the Scottish Parliament passed an Act of Security that declared that the Scots would choose their own successor to Anne. Anglo-French tensions had already been ...
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... least by government ministers in London. Evenso,by January theScottishParliament,wherethebalancewasrather different,had ratifiedthe two acts thatwouldform thelegal basisof the union. The first comprised the twenty-five ...
... least by government ministers in London. Evenso,by January theScottishParliament,wherethebalancewasrather different,had ratifiedthe two acts thatwouldform thelegal basisof the union. The first comprised the twenty-five ...
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... least some of the combatants. On a proposal from the duke of Hamilton that votes cast on the first article for and against incorporating union should be entered in the minutes, three earls who had voted in favour, Crawford, Eglinton and ...
... least some of the combatants. On a proposal from the duke of Hamilton that votes cast on the first article for and against incorporating union should be entered in the minutes, three earls who had voted in favour, Crawford, Eglinton and ...
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... least two earlier occasions. He offered as his motive for publishing his Choice Collection the desirability of publishing works in 'our native SCOTS Dialect';41 by so doing Watson not only proclaimed his dislike of the growing use of ...
... least two earlier occasions. He offered as his motive for publishing his Choice Collection the desirability of publishing works in 'our native SCOTS Dialect';41 by so doing Watson not only proclaimed his dislike of the growing use of ...
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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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