New Perspectives on the Politics & Culture of Early Modern Scotland: H/B: 1st Ed

Edited by John Dwyer, Roger A. Mason & Alexander Murdoch.

Published by John Donald Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh, 1982. First Edition. Hardback cover with dustjacket (unclipped), 329 pages.

CONDITION
Overall very good condition - see photos. Minimal scuffs/wear to dustjacket. No names or writing.

This collection of essays on early modern Scotland offers 'new perspectives' on aspects of Scottish history from 1560 to 1800. Some essays challenge accepted interpretations; others explore subjects and sources that have previously not attracted the attention of historians; all represent new research on Scottish history from the Reformation to the Enlightenment. They indicate renewed interest in an age crucial to the development of modern Scotland. 

Contents: 

Rex Stoicus – George Buchanan, James VI and the Scottish Polity, Scotland, Antichrist and the Invention of Great Britain

Scottish Gaeldom, 1638–1651: The Vernacular Response to the Covenanting Dynamic

The Military and Ministers as Agents of Presbyterian Imperialism in England and Ireland, 1640–1648

Sackcloth for the Sinner or Punishment for the Crime? Church and Secular Courts in Cromwellian Scotland

York in Edinburgh: James VII and the Patronage of Learning in Scotland, 1679–1688

The Polite Academy and the Presbyterians, 1720–1770

Moderates, Managers and Popular Politics in mid-18th century Edinburgh: The Drysdale 'Bustle' of the 1760s

Paradigms and Politics: Manners, Morals and the Rise of Henry Dundas, 1770–1784

Rethinking Das Adam Smith Problem

Childhood and Society in 18th Century Scotland

The Heavenly City of the 18th Century Moderate Divines

(Bindery shelves B1)