Urban Politics and the British Civil Wars

Edinburgh, 1617-53
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15167-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 384 Seiten, Gewicht: 843 g

Reihe: The Northern World

On 23 July 1637, riots broke out in Edinburgh. These disturbances triggered the collapse of royal authority across the British Isles. This volume explores the political and religious culture in the Scottish capital from the reign of James VI and I to the Cromwellian occupation. It examines for the first time the importance of Edinburgh to the formation of the Scottish opposition movement and to the establishment of the revolutionary Covenanting regime.
Although the primary focus is the Scottish capital, an explicitly British perspective is maintained. This is a wide-ranging study that engages in debates about early modern urban culture, the problem of multiple monarchy and the issue of post-Reformation religious radicalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stewart, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures, Tables, Maps and Plates
Abbreviations and Notes
Acknowledgements
Foreword

INTRODUCTION: Edinburgh in the Seventeenth Century

PART ONE: THE URBAN COMMUNITY
One: The Burgh and its Government
Two: The Burgh and its Church
Three: The Burgh and its Political Elite

PART TWO: POLITICS AND RELIGION
Four: Local and National Government before the Civil Wars
Five: A Culture of Dissent: Religion before the Civil Wars
Six: The National Covenant and the Bishops’ Wars in Edinburgh
Seven: The Collapse of Consensus: Politics in Edinburgh, 1640-52
CONCLUSION: Edinburgh and the British Civil Wars

Chronological Overview: Scotland, 1603-53
The Divisions of St Giles’ Church
Tables
A Note on Sources
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Laura A.M. Stewart, Ph.D. (2003) in History, Edinburgh University, is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Edinburgh University. She has produced articles on poor relief, religious debate and taxation in early modern Scotland.