"This book investigates public opinion in early modern Scotland, revealing how the crown and its opponents sought to shape opinion at large, the means and language by which collective opinions were expressed and the difference this made to political outcomes. From Scotland's 156…
In early modern Scotland, religious and constitutional tensions created by Protestant reform and regal union stimulated the expression and regulation of opinion at large. Karin Bowie explores the rising prominence and changing dynamics of Scottish opinion politics in this tumult…
1. Protestations -- 2. Petitions -- 3. Oaths -- 4. Public communications -- 5. The inclinations of the people -- 6. The sense of the nation. "This book investigates public opinion in early modern Scotland, revealing how the crown and its opponents sought to shape opinion at lar…
In early modern Scotland, religious and constitutional tensions created by Protestant reform and regal union stimulated the expression and regulation of opinion at large. Karin Bowie explores the rising prominence and changing dynamics of Scottish opinion politics in this tumult…
"This book investigates public opinion in early modern Scotland, revealing how the crown and its opponents sought to shape opinion at large, the means and language by which collective opinions were expressed and the difference this made to political outcomes. From Scotland's 156…