Restoration Scotland, 1660-1690 : royalist politics, religion and ideas / Clare Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Clare, 1972-

Series:

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history 1476-9107 ; v. 2.

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history, 1476-9107 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--History--1660-1688.

Scotland.

History.

Scotland--Politics and government--1660-1688.

Politics and government.

Scotland--Church history--17th century.

Church history.

Physical Description:

ix, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2003.

Summary:

The first modern account of the advancement of political and religious ideas in Scotland in the years between the Restoration of Charles II and the collapse of royal authority under James VII and II. The years following the Restoration of the Stuart monarchs to the throne are currently the subject of considerable scholarly enquiry regarding events in England, but this is the first modern study of political and religious attitudes in Scotland in the decades after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. The popular mood in Scotland during that time swung from royalist enthusiasm for the Restoration through to disaffection under James VII and II, and political and religious ideas in Scotland reflected this shift. In her account of the ideological world of this dramatic and fascinating period, Clare Jackson draws on an extensive and little-accessed range of printed and manuscript sources to reveal the dynamic nature of intellectual culture in pre-Enlightenment Scotland.

Contents:

Restoration Scotland

The nature and origins of the Scottish monarchy

Constitutional monarchy

The politics of religion

The preservation of order

The defence of true religion

The revolution of 1688-89.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-249) and index.

ISBN:

0851159303

OCLC:

51020394