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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... politicians' views about union; and then to ascertain the extent to which public opinion impinged on the union negotiations. How was this momentous political decision received in Scotland, and what was its impact on the daily lives of ...
... politicians' views about union; and then to ascertain the extent to which public opinion impinged on the union negotiations. How was this momentous political decision received in Scotland, and what was its impact on the daily lives of ...
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... politicians whose votes were crucial in securing the union. During this process it has become apparent that for many of Scotland's politicians of the period, ideas and political ideology were more important in shaping their attitudes ...
... politicians whose votes were crucial in securing the union. During this process it has become apparent that for many of Scotland's politicians of the period, ideas and political ideology were more important in shaping their attitudes ...
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... politicians (often with a landed background) who were able to prise from the treasury their salaries – or promises of payment – for government service; or the farmers of the country's customs and excise. But this was an age of national ...
... politicians (often with a landed background) who were able to prise from the treasury their salaries – or promises of payment – for government service; or the farmers of the country's customs and excise. But this was an age of national ...
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... politicians, clergymen and burgh representatives or agents in Edinburgh, as well as by common carriers, flying packets and foot-postmen employed by the office of the Postmaster General, established in .17 An undated list of ...
... politicians, clergymen and burgh representatives or agents in Edinburgh, as well as by common carriers, flying packets and foot-postmen employed by the office of the Postmaster General, established in .17 An undated list of ...
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... politicians who congregated anxiously – the impecunious like Clerk even more so – in London in the spring of , certain in the knowledge that they would be stripped of their positions in government from May but less sure that ...
... politicians who congregated anxiously – the impecunious like Clerk even more so – in London in the spring of , certain in the knowledge that they would be stripped of their positions in government from May but less sure that ...
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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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