Author: Robert WodrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution
Author: Robert WodrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
Author: George WatsonPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
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Transactions of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth
Author: Literary and Antiquarian Society of PerthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Perth (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Riots, Revolutions, and the Scottish Covenanters
Author: L. Charles JacksonPublisher: Reformation Heritage Books
ISBN: 1601783744
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Coauthor of the famous Scottish National Covenant, moderator of the Glasgow General Assembly that defied King Charles I, and member of the Westminster Assembly, Alexander Henderson (1583–1646) led Scotland during the tumultuous period of the British Revolutions. He influenced Scotland as a Covenanter, preacher, Presbyterian, and pamphleteer and earned an important place in the nation’s history. Despite his numerous accomplishments, no modern biography of Henderson exists. In Riots, Revolutions, and the Scottish Covenanters , L. Charles Jackson corrects this omission. He avoids the extremes of casting Henderson as a forerunner to liberty or as a theological tyrant and instead places his actions in their historical setting, presenting this important leader as he saw himself: primarily a minister of the gospel who was struggling to live faithfully as he understood it. Using neglected and, in some cases, new sources, Jackson reassesses the role of religion in early modern Scotland as reflected in the life of Alexander Henderson. Table of Contents: 1. The Preparation 2. The Covenanter 3. The Preacher 4. The Presbyterian 5. The Pamphleteer 6. The Collapse of the Cause
A Catalogue of the Publications of Scottish Historical and Kindred Clubs and Societies
Author: Charles Sanford TerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Transactions
Author: The Burghs and Parliament in Scotland, c. 1550–1651
Author: Alan R. MacDonaldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317039696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Existing studies of early modern Scotland tend to focus on the crown, the nobility and the church. Yet, from the sixteenth century, a unique national representative assembly of the towns, the Convention of Burghs, provides an insight into the activities of another key group in society. Meeting at least once a year, the Convention consisted of representatives from every parliamentary burgh, and was responsible for apportioning taxation, settling disputes between members, regulating weights and measures, negotiating with the crown on issues of concern to the merchant community. The Convention's role in relation to parliament was particularly significant, for it regulated urban representation, admitted new burghs to parliament, and co-ordinated and oversaw the conduct of the burgess estate in parliament. In this, the first full-length study of the burghs and parliament in Scotland, the influence of this institution is fully analysed over a one hundred year period. Drawing extensively on local and national sources, this book sheds new light upon the way in which parliament acted as a point of contact, a place where legislative business was done, relationships formed and status affirmed. The interactions between centre and localities, and between urban and rural elites are prominent themes, as is Edinburgh's position as the leading burgh and the host of parliament. The study builds upon existing scholarship to place Scotland within the wider British and European context and argues that the Scottish parliament was a distinctive and effective institution which was responsive to the needs of the burghs both collectively and individually.
A List of Works Relating to Scotland
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
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A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: The general library
Author: London Institution. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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Descriptive Catalogue of Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland, to the End of the Reign of Henry VII: pt.1-2. From the Roman period to the Norman invasion
Author: Sir Thomas Duffus HardyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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