The Scots and the Union - Brossura

Whatley, Christopher A.; Patrick, Derek J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0748634703 ISBN 13: 9780748634705

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2007

Riassunto

Radical and original, The Scots and the Union explodes the myth of betrayal that has informed 20th-century Scots' understanding of how the United Kingdom was created in 1707. 'Bought and sold for English gold' is exposed as an ill-founded prejudice in this illuminating study of previously overlooked source material. The historiographical understanding of the union for the 21st century starts here. Tracing the background to the 1707 Treaty of Union, this book explains why union happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inauguration. Christopher Whatley offers a radical new interpretation of the causes of union, largely rejecting the idea that the Scots were 'bought and sold for English gold', emphasising instead the international, dynastic and religious contexts in which the union was negotiated."

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Christopher Whatley is Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee where until recently he was also a Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Christopher Whatley is Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0748634703
• ISBN 13: 9780748634705
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 440
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile