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Amy Blakeway - War and Governance in Scotland, 1543-1559, Inbunden

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War and Governance in Scotland, 1543-1559

Destruction, Reconstruction and Reform

Av Amy Blakeway

1883 kr

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Drawing from local archives alongside national and international records, this book argues that warfare was the defining feature of government and politics in Scotland for the two decades following the death of James V. It demonstrates that beyond the direct effects of invasion, the need to raise unprecedented taxation, as well as warfare’s secondary consequences, such as plague and price inflation, disrupted communities throughout Scotland, engendering enhanced social control. These effects endured for many years after the peace of 1550: new laws were passed to manage those who had collaborated with the invaders and taxation remained high. ​​​​​​​The post-war decade was one of reconstruction, and it was this which drove religious reformation in 1559-60. The book shows that appreciating the scale of the crown’s ambition places the Scottish state’s development closer to that of its European counterparts.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-06-30
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 542 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 272
  • Förlag: Edinburgh University Press
  • ISBN: 9781399533966
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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).

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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.

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