Noble Society In Scotland

Author : Brown Keith Brown
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474465439
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noble Society In Scotland written by Brown Keith Brown and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it was conventional for humanist writers and their Enlightenment successors to regard the nobility which dominated early modern Scottish society and politics as violent, unlearned, and backward - at best conservatively bound to feudal codes of behaviour; at worst, brutal, corrupt and anarchic. It is a view that prevails still. Keith Brown takes issue with this.The author draws on extensive research in the rich archives of the Scottish noble houses to demonstrate that the conventional view of the Scottish nobility is wrong. He shows that the nobility were as steeped in contemporary European debates and movements as they were rooted in local society. Far from holding back Scotland's economic and cultural development, they embraced economic change, seized financial opportunities, led the way in the pursuit of Renaissance ideals through their own learning and in the education of their children, and were partners in religious reform. Professor Brown makes extensive comparisons with the noble societies elsewhere in Europe to reveal how the differences and above all the similarities between the lives of Scottish nobles and their peers abroad.Elegantly written and illustrated with a wealth of contemporary incident and anecdote, the book presents an intimate and vivid picture of noble life in Scotland. It challenges and will change perceptions of early modern Scotland. Noble Society in Scotland is the first of two related books on the subject. The second, on noble power and the relations between the nobility, state and monarchy, will be published by EUP in 2003.

Author : Keith M. Brown (Historian)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noble Society in Scotland written by Keith M. Brown (Historian) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith M Brown
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748681191
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noble Power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution written by Keith M Brown and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the relations between nobility, crown and state, first in Scotland and then in the first courts of the unified kingdoms.

Author : Keith Stringer
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788853407
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland written by Keith Stringer and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2004-07-12 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this book, all by distinguished historians, illuminate the main activities, preoccupations and aspirations of the families whose territorial power and local leadership made them a central factor in medieval Scottish society. Issues discussed include the influence of Anglo-Norman England on earlier medieval Scotland, patterns of land accumulation by the aristocracy, noble residences, the legal and administrative aspects of baronial lordship, clientage, and dealings between magnates and the Church. Throughout, the essays stress the importance of recognising that, before the Wars of Independence, the nobility of Scotland was closely bound by ties of kinship and property with the nobility in England and emphasise that the common assumption of perpetual opposition between baronage and the Crown is a myth. First published in 1985, these essays remain essential reading on the subject.

Author : George Crawfurd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom written by George Crawfurd and published by . This book was released on 1716 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nobility (SCOTLAND)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dignity of the Scottish Peerage Vindicated written by Nobility (SCOTLAND) and published by . This book was released on 1719 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Balfour Paul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Scots Peerage written by James Balfour Paul and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon Welfare
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 198212864X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortune's Many Houses written by Simon Welfare and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change the world for the better but paid a heavy price. This is a true tale of love and loss, fortune and misfortune. In the late 19th century, John and Ishbel Gordon, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, were the couple who seemed to have it all: a fortune that ran into the tens of millions, a magnificent stately home in Scotland surrounded by one of Europe’s largest estates, a townhouse in London’s most fashionable square, cattle ranches in Texas and British Columbia, and the governorships of Ireland and Canada where they lived like royalty. Together they won praise for their work as social reformers and pioneers of women’s rights, and enjoyed friendships with many of the most prominent figures of the age, from Britain’s Prime Ministers to Oliver Wendell-Holmes and P.T. Barnum and Queen Victoria herself. Yet by the time they died in the 1930s, this gilded couple’s luck had long since run out: they had faced family tragedies, scandal through their unwitting involvement in one of the “crimes of the century” and, most catastrophically of all, they had lost both their fortune and their lands. This fascinating family quest for the reason for their dramatic downfall is also a moving and colorful exploration of society in Victorian Britain and North America and an inspirational feast for history lovers.

Author : Miles Kerr-Peterson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351982877
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book James VI and Noble Power in Scotland 1578-1603 written by Miles Kerr-Peterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James VI and Noble Power in Scotland explores how Scotland was governed in the late sixteenth century by examining the dynamic between King James and his nobles from the end of his formal minority in 1578 until his accession to the English throne in 1603. The collection assesses James’ relationship with his nobility, detailing how he interacted with them, and how they fought, co-operated with and understood each other. It includes case studies from across Scotland from the Highlands to the Borders and burghs, and on major individual events such as the famous Gowrie conspiracy. Themes such as the nature of government in Scotland and religion as a shaper of policy and faction are addressed, as well as broader perspectives on the British and European nobility, bloodfeuds, and state-building in the early modern period. The ten chapters together challenge well-established notions that James aimed to be a modern, centralising monarch seeking to curb the traditional structures of power, and that the period represented a period of crisis for the traditional and unrestrained culture of feuding nobility. It is demonstrated that King James was a competent and successful manager of his kingdom who demanded a new level of obedience as a ‘universal king’. This volume offers students of Stuart Britain a fresh and valuable perspective on James and his reign.

Author : Allan I. Macinnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137540494
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Scotland written by Allan I. Macinnes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom's genesis in the ninth century to the independence debates of the present day. Considering both internal dynamics and international horizons, Allan Macinnes asserts Scotland's heritage as significant and compelling in its own right, rather than reducing it to an offshoot of England's past. Rigorous and wide-ranging, this textbook is an essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of History. Its lively and accessible style makes it suitable for anyone with an interest in Scotland's national development.