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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... session,when the articles of the treaty were carried. Work was also done in tracking back through the political careers of and influences upon as many members who voted in favour of the union in – as was possible within the ...
... session,when the articles of the treaty were carried. Work was also done in tracking back through the political careers of and influences upon as many members who voted in favour of the union in – as was possible within the ...
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... session, until .31 Scots believed passionately in the antiquity of their nation – Alba (the Gaelic word for Scotland), and from the eleventh century Scotia – and with a royal line that could be traced continuously to the mid ...
... session, until .31 Scots believed passionately in the antiquity of their nation – Alba (the Gaelic word for Scotland), and from the eleventh century Scotia – and with a royal line that could be traced continuously to the mid ...
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... session of Parliament that approved the union. Troops were quartered throughout Edinburgh to bolster the sizeable numbers of town guards and burghers who were already under arms. They were stationed around the Parliament building and ...
... session of Parliament that approved the union. Troops were quartered throughout Edinburgh to bolster the sizeable numbers of town guards and burghers who were already under arms. They were stationed around the Parliament building and ...
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... Session judges.68 Resistance could be entirely pragmatic, however. In it was proposed that the bounty on exported oats (payable on terms set out in the sixth article of union) should be withdrawn and the tax on malt raised ...
... Session judges.68 Resistance could be entirely pragmatic, however. In it was proposed that the bounty on exported oats (payable on terms set out in the sixth article of union) should be withdrawn and the tax on malt raised ...
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... session. He was piqued at being removed from the secretary-ship and returned to his former post as president of the privy council; it was a cruel blow for someone who had held prominent offices and whose name was at least mentioned as a ...
... session. He was piqued at being removed from the secretary-ship and returned to his former post as president of the privy council; it was a cruel blow for someone who had held prominent offices and whose name was at least mentioned as a ...
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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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