Early Modern Scotland

Themes in Focus
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-367-37538-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Countries in the Early Modern World

This comprehensive textbook synthesizes the latest research on Scotland from 1560-1745, exploring political, social, cultural, religious, and economic themes through sixteen accessible essays that place Scottish history in British, imperial, and global contexts.

Moving beyond familiar topics like Mary Queen of Scots and Jacobite Risings, readers will gain a thorough understanding of early modern Scotland. The sixteen essays are expertly crafted to cover key issues including the Scottish Parliament, Reformation, religious culture, deviance, gender, artistic expression, identity, and colonial ventures. This approach provides both comprehensive coverage of main historical currents and fresh perspectives on specialized research, making complex scholarship accessible and engaging.

Aimed especially at an undergraduate readership which currently lacks an effective primer on the increasingly complex specialist literature, the book will also be of interest to general readers and other non-specialists seeking an authoritative, engaging introduction to the early modern era in Scotland.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kennedy, Allan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

1. Monarchy

2. Parliament

3. State

4. Participation

PART II: SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

5. Community

6. Deviance

7. Highlands

8. Economy

PART III: RELIGION AND CULTURE

9. Reformation

10. Faith

11. Expression

12. Intellect

13. Identity

PART IV: SCOTLAND AND THE WIDER WORLD

14. Emigration

15. Empire

16. Britain

Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Allan Kennedy is Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee, specialising in the early modern period. Key publications include Governing Gaeldom: The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State, 1660-1688 (2014) and Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth Century Scotland (2025).