Jane Dawson is John Laing Senior Lecturer in the History and Theology of the Reformation, University of Edinburgh.

'Tudor specialists will read this with much profit … wide-ranging … This is a fine book, clearly written and well structured …' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Prologue: 1560: British policies and the British context; 1. Argyll's life and character; 2. Semi-sovereign prince; 3. The creation of a British policy: 1558–60; 4. The collapse of amity: 1561–5; 5. The reconfiguration of British politics: 1566–8; 6. The withdrawal from British politics: 1569–73; Conclusion: the earl of Argyll and British politics in the age of the three kingdoms; Chronology, 1558–73; Bibliography; Index.

Jane Dawson is John Laing Senior Lecturer in the History and Theology of the Reformation, University of Edinburgh.

'Tudor specialists will read this with much profit … wide-ranging … This is a fine book, clearly written and well structured …' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Prologue: 1560: British policies and the British context; 1. Argyll's life and character; 2. Semi-sovereign prince; 3. The creation of a British policy: 1558–60; 4. The collapse of amity: 1561–5; 5. The reconfiguration of British politics: 1566–8; 6. The withdrawal from British politics: 1569–73; Conclusion: the earl of Argyll and British politics in the age of the three kingdoms; Chronology, 1558–73; Bibliography; Index.

Jane Dawson is John Laing Senior Lecturer in the History and Theology of the Reformation, University of Edinburgh.

'Tudor specialists will read this with much profit … wide-ranging … This is a fine book, clearly written and well structured …' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Prologue: 1560: British policies and the British context; 1. Argyll's life and character; 2. Semi-sovereign prince; 3. The creation of a British policy: 1558–60; 4. The collapse of amity: 1561–5; 5. The reconfiguration of British politics: 1566–8; 6. The withdrawal from British politics: 1569–73; Conclusion: the earl of Argyll and British politics in the age of the three kingdoms; Chronology, 1558–73; Bibliography; Index.