State and Society in Early Modern Scotland

Name: State and Society in Early Modern Scotland
Brand: OUP Oxford
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By Julian Goodare

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This is the first full scholarly study of state formation and the exercise of state power in Scotland. It sets the Scottish state in a British and European context, revealing that Scotland -- like larger and better-known states -- developed a more integrated governmental system in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study provides an invaluable new contribution to the history of Scotland.

Julian Goodare shows how the magnates ceased to exercise autonomous local power, and instead managed the new administrative structure through client networks. The state no longer drew its main revenues from land, but developed new taxes; its fighting forces were modernized and detached from landed power. With the Reformation, powerful church institutions were created, and were gradually integrated into the state. The states territorial integrity increased, giving it a closer and more troubled relationship with the Highlands. Scotland remained a sovereign state even after the union of crowns in 1603, but it was finally absorbed by England in 1707, and Dr Goodare examines the long-term context of this development.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 388
Release Date:: 1999-12-23
Publication Date:: 1999-09-26
Publisher:: OUP Oxford
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 019820762X
ISBN13:: 9780198207627
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 677 g
Height:: 145 cm
Width:: 222 cm
Thickness:: 26 cm

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