Noble power in Scotland from the Reformation to the revolution / Keith M. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Keith M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility--Scotland--16th-18th centuries.

Nobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?'This quotation from Job begins Keith Brown's study of how Scotland's nobility rallied under the pressure of the Reformation and the Covenanting Revolution - a tumultuous period which has generated much historical debate on issues of political authority and power. In this volume Brown builds on his previous book, Noble Society in Scotland, to argue that in spite of the changes brought about by the Reformation, by the recovery of crown authority and by the regal union between England and Scotland, the huge power exercised by the nob

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledegements""; ""Glossary""; ""Map""; ""Chapter 1: Noble Power and Politics, 1560�1603""; ""Chapter 2: Chiefs""; ""Chapter 3: Lords""; ""Chapter 4: Magistrates""; ""Chapter 5: Soldiers""; ""Chapter 6: Governors""; ""Chapter 7: Courtiers""; ""Chapter 8: Noble Power and Politics, 1603�37""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5354-6

1-299-10551-3

0-7486-2823-1

OCLC:

828793238