Scotland re-formed, 1488-1587 / Jane E. A. Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Jane E. A.

Series:

New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; 6.

New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--Scotland.

Reformation.

Scotland.

Scotland--History--16th century.

History.

Scotland--Politics and government--16th century.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii, 382 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.

Summary:

From the death of James III to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the story of Scotland is told from the perspective of its regions and of individual Scots, as well as incorporating the view from the royal court. This book explains how the country was re-formed as the relationship between church and crown changed, with these two institutions converging, merging and diverging - thereby permanently altering the nature of Scottish governance. Society was also transformed especially by the feuars, new landholders who became the backbone of rural Scotland. The Reformation Crisis of 1559-60 brought the establishment of a Protestant Kirk, an institution affecting the lives of Scots for many centuries, and a diplomatic revolution that discarded the 'auld alliance' and locked Scotland's future into the British Isles.

Although the disappearance of the pre-Reformation church left a patronage deficit with disastrous effects for Scottish music and art, new forms of cultural expression arose that reflected Protestant sensibilities or were transposed to secular settings. Alongside the dramatic events and slow transformations of cultural, social, economic, political and religious life, in 1587 much remained as it had been in 1488, with Scots deeply rooted in their country through their abiding sense of place and people.

Contents:

Analytical Table of Contents vii

Introduction: The Kingdom of the Scots 1

Part 1 'Glore of all Princely Governing'

Chapter 1 The Princely King: James IV (1488-94) 31

Chapter 2 The Thistle and the Rose: James IV (1495-1504) 50

Chapter 3 Strutting the European Stage: James IV (1503-13) 66

Part 2 Renaissance Monarchy Triumphant

Chapter 4 The Survival of Renaissance Monarchy: James V's Minority (1513-28) 89

Chapter 5 Courts and Clergy: James V (1528-37) 115

Chapter 6 Imperious Majesty: James V (1537-42) 135

Part 3 The Battle for Britain

Chapter 7 Wars for Britain (1543-51) 155

Chapter 8 Franco-Scotland (1550-60) 176

Chapter 9 Reformation by the Sword (1555-61) 200

Chapter 10 Reformation by the Word (1560-88) 216

Part 4 Re-Forming the Kingdom

Chapter 11 'The Empire of a Woman': Mary, Queen of Scots (1561-7) 243

Chapter 12 Civil Wars (1567-73) 264

Chapter 13 The Last Douglas Ascendancy (1573-8) 283

Chapter 14 James' Long Apprenticeship (1578-87) 302

Conclusion: Scotland Re-formed 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748614547

0748614540

0748614559

9780748614554

OCLC:

163324691