Public Opinion in Early Modern Scotland, c.1560–1707

Public Opinion in Early Modern Scotland, c.1560–1707
Author: Karin Bowie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 110891134X

In early modern Scotland, religious and constitutional tensions created by Protestant reform and regal union stimulated the expression and regulation of opinion at large. Karin Bowie explores the rising prominence and changing dynamics of Scottish opinion politics in this tumultuous period. Assessing protestations, petitions, oaths, and oral and written modes of public communication, she addresses major debates on the fitness of the Habermasian model of the public sphere. This study provides a historicised understanding of early modern public opinion, investigating how the crown and its opponents sought to shape opinion at large; the forms and language in which collective opinions were represented; and the difference this made to political outcomes. Focusing on modes of persuasive communication, it reveals the reworking of traditional vehicles into powerful tools for public resistance, allowing contemporaries to recognise collective opinion outside authorised assemblies and encouraging state efforts to control seemingly dangerous opinions.

The origins of the Scottish Reformation

The origins of the Scottish Reformation
Author: Alec Ryrie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-07-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847793851

The Scottish Reformation of 1560 is one of the most controversial events in Scottish history, and a turning point in the history of Britain and Europe. Yet its origins remain mysterious, buried under competing Catholic and Protestant versions of the story. Drawing on fresh research and recent scholarship, this book provides the first full narrative of the question. Focusing on the period 1525-60, in particular the childhood of Mary, Queen of Scots, it argues that the Scottish Reformation was neither inevitable nor predictable. A range of different ‘Reformations’ were on offer in the sixteenth century, which could have taken Scotland and Britain in dramatically different directions. This is not a ‘religious’ or a ‘political’ narrative, but a synthesis of the two, paying particular attention to the international context of the Reformation, and focusing on the impact of violence - from state persecution, through terrorist activism, to open warfare. Going beyond the heroic certainties of John Knox, this book recaptures the lived experience of the early Reformation: a bewildering, dangerous and exhilarating period in which Scottish (and British) identity was remade.

Library of Congress Catalog

Library of Congress Catalog
Author: United States
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1977
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780874717853

Scotland and War

Scotland and War
Author: Norman Macdougall
Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Glossary of Haematological and Serological Terms

Glossary of Haematological and Serological Terms
Author: Philip Samson
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1972
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780407727205

About 580 medical laboratory terms pertinent to the disciplines of hematology and blood transfusion serology. Definitions range from short to long. Also includes abbreviations, synonyms, cross references, and tables.

Knox the Man

Knox the Man
Author: Gordon Donaldson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1975
Genre: Reformation
ISBN: