The Scots and the Union
"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 inauguration. It offers a radical new interpretation of the causes of union. The idea that the Scots were 'bought and sold for English gold' is largely rejected and emphasis is instead placed upon the international, dynastic and religious contexts in…
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- Full title :The Scots and the Union / Christopher A. Whatley, with Derek J. Patrick.
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"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 inauguration. It offers a radical new interpretation of the causes of union. The idea that the Scots were 'bought and sold for English gold' is largely rejected and emphasis is instead placed upon the international, dynastic and religious contexts in which the union was negotiated."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
- Place of Publication:Edinburgh
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, portraits ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0748616853, 9780748616855, 9780748634705, 0748634703
- oclc:ocm70672077
- LC Classification:DA807
- Dewey Decimal:941.1069
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