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Taking in events as diverse as the Scottish assertion of independence at the end of the thirteenth century, the Union of the Crowns, and devolution, the contributors trace Scottish history from pre-1100 to the twentieth century, and show that Scotland was a remarkably successful, thriving, and important kingdom of international renown. - ;Scotland has long had a romantic appeal which has tended to be focused on a few over-dramatized personalities or events, notably Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Highland Clearances-the failures and the sad - though more positively, William Wal
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How did Scots live and change in the dying days of an independent kingdom?This essential history focuses on society and religious life in Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1625. Now re-issued in the popular New History of Scotland series, with a contextual foreword by Keith Brown as tribute to the career of Jenny Wormald, who did so much to transform our understanding of early modern Scotland.The book traces the turbulent and often calamitous evolution of Scotland from medieval and feudal to the modern state. Whilst undergoing the transformation in religious life from Catholic to Protestant, Scotland also had to contend with a changing monarchy, war and government.This introductory text covers all the key events of the period including Scotland's alliances with France, treaties with the English and the Union of the Crowns. At the heart of the book is a detailed examination of the spiritual origins and secular effects of the Reformation as it transformed root and branch the older medieval structure of Scotland.
Reformation. --- Protestant Reformation --- Reformation --- Church history --- Counter-Reformation --- Protestantism --- History --- Scotland --- Caledonia --- Scotia --- Schotland --- Sŭkʻotʻŭllandŭ --- Ecosse --- Škotska --- Great Britain --- Church history.
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Queens --- Queens --- Mary, - Queen of Scots, - 1542-1587 --- Scotland --- France
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Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Personnel management --- Police --- -Police --- -Cops --- Gendarmes --- Law enforcement officers --- Officers, Law enforcement --- Officers, Police --- Police forces --- Police officers --- Police service --- Policemen --- Policing --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal justice personnel --- Peace officers --- Public safety --- Security systems --- Job stress --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Job stress. --- -Job stress --- Cops --- Police stress
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Monarchy --- History --- Great Britain --- Civilization --- Politics and government --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1600-1699 --- Monarchy - Great Britain - History - 17th century --- Great Britain - History - Stuarts, 1603-1714 --- Great Britain - Politics and government - 1603-1714
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History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- Scotland
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