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Rethinking the Scottish revolution : covenanted Scotland 1637-1651

Title
Rethinking the Scottish revolution : covenanted Scotland 1637-1651 / Laura A.M. Stewart.
Author
Stewart, Laura A. M.
Publication
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press 2016.

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xiii, 391 pages; 24 cm
Summary
The English revolution is one of the most intensely-debated events in history; parallel events in Scotland have never attracted the same degree of interest. 'Rethinking the Scottish Revolution' argues for a new interpretation of the seventeenth-century Scottish revolution that goes beyond questions about its radicalism, and reconsiders its place within an overarching 'British' narrative.In this volume, Laura Stewart analyses how interactions between print and manuscript polemic, crowds, and political performances enabled protestors against a Prayer Book to destroy Charles I's Scottish government. Particular attention is given to the way in which debate in Scotland was affected by the emergence of London as a major publishing centre. The subscription of the 1638 National Covenant occurred within this context and further politicized subordinate social groups that included women. Unlike in England, however, public debate was contained. A remodelled constitution revivified the institutions of civil and ecclesiastical governance, enabling Covenanted Scotland to pursue interventionist policies in Ireland and England - albeit at terrible cost to the Scottish people.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 16-2316
ISBN
  • 9780198718444
  • 0198718446
OCLC
941422750
Author
Stewart, Laura A. M., author.
Title
Rethinking the Scottish revolution : covenanted Scotland 1637-1651 / Laura A.M. Stewart.
Publisher
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press 2016.
Edition
First Edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-2316
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