Dr Amy Blakeway is Senior Lecturer in Scottish History, University of St Andrews. Previously Fulbright Robertson Visiting Professor in British History at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, Junior Research Fellow at Cambridge and lecturer in sixteenth-century British history at the University of Kent from 2015-18. She joined St Andrews in 2019. The proposed book will be her third monograph (see CV for details of previous publications).

The international power struggle triggered by the accession of a baby girl, Mary Stewart, to the Scottish throne in 1542 is usually seen through the eyes of dynasts, noblemen and religious reformers. Amy Blakeway’s forensic gaze brings vividly into focus the effects and consequences of prolonged conflict for the Scottish people, the communities in which they lived, and how they were governed. This is a major reinterpretation of a transformative and controversial period in Scotland’s history.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsConventionsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: War, Destruction, Reconstruction and ReformPart I. War: Scotland, 1543-15501. Councils, consultation and Cohesion2. Resourcing the War Effort3. Control and Urban CommunitiesPart II. Reconstruction: Scotland, 1550-15594. Recompense and Reintegration5. Prices and Privileges6. Taxes and TensionsConclusion: 'A Furious War’Appendix A Taxation, January 1543-April 1550Appendix B The 1555 burgh tax reallocation schemeAppendix C Edinburgh Burgess and guild entries, 1532-1561Appendix D Taxation, May 1550-December 1559BibliographyIndex

Dr Amy Blakeway is Senior Lecturer in Scottish History, University of St Andrews. Previously Fulbright Robertson Visiting Professor in British History at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, Junior Research Fellow at Cambridge and lecturer in sixteenth-century British history at the University of Kent from 2015-18. She joined St Andrews in 2019. The proposed book will be her third monograph (see CV for details of previous publications).

The international power struggle triggered by the accession of a baby girl, Mary Stewart, to the Scottish throne in 1542 is usually seen through the eyes of dynasts, noblemen and religious reformers. Amy Blakeway’s forensic gaze brings vividly into focus the effects and consequences of prolonged conflict for the Scottish people, the communities in which they lived, and how they were governed. This is a major reinterpretation of a transformative and controversial period in Scotland’s history.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsConventionsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: War, Destruction, Reconstruction and ReformPart I. War: Scotland, 1543-15501. Councils, consultation and Cohesion2. Resourcing the War Effort3. Control and Urban CommunitiesPart II. Reconstruction: Scotland, 1550-15594. Recompense and Reintegration5. Prices and Privileges6. Taxes and TensionsConclusion: 'A Furious War’Appendix A Taxation, January 1543-April 1550Appendix B The 1555 burgh tax reallocation schemeAppendix C Edinburgh Burgess and guild entries, 1532-1561Appendix D Taxation, May 1550-December 1559BibliographyIndex

Dr Amy Blakeway is Senior Lecturer in Scottish History, University of St Andrews. Previously Fulbright Robertson Visiting Professor in British History at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, Junior Research Fellow at Cambridge and lecturer in sixteenth-century British history at the University of Kent from 2015-18. She joined St Andrews in 2019. The proposed book will be her third monograph (see CV for details of previous publications).

The international power struggle triggered by the accession of a baby girl, Mary Stewart, to the Scottish throne in 1542 is usually seen through the eyes of dynasts, noblemen and religious reformers. Amy Blakeway’s forensic gaze brings vividly into focus the effects and consequences of prolonged conflict for the Scottish people, the communities in which they lived, and how they were governed. This is a major reinterpretation of a transformative and controversial period in Scotland’s history.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsConventionsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: War, Destruction, Reconstruction and ReformPart I. War: Scotland, 1543-15501. Councils, consultation and Cohesion2. Resourcing the War Effort3. Control and Urban CommunitiesPart II. Reconstruction: Scotland, 1550-15594. Recompense and Reintegration5. Prices and Privileges6. Taxes and TensionsConclusion: 'A Furious War’Appendix A Taxation, January 1543-April 1550Appendix B The 1555 burgh tax reallocation schemeAppendix C Edinburgh Burgess and guild entries, 1532-1561Appendix D Taxation, May 1550-December 1559BibliographyIndex