State and society in early modern Scotland

Title
  1. State and society in early modern Scotland / Julian Goodare.
Published by
  1. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Author
  1. Goodare, Julian.

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Description
  1. xv, 366 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "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. It offers a fresh perspective on 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 state's 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."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. 1500-1699
  2. Politics and government
  3. Social conditions
  4. Entstehung
  5. Gesellschaft
  6. Staat
  7. Staatsvorming
  8. Staatsmacht
  9. Staatsinrichting
  10. State, The
  11. Geschichte 1560-1625
  12. Scotland > Politics and government > 16th century
  13. Scotland > Politics and government > 17th century
  14. Scotland > Social conditions
  15. Scotland
  16. Schottland
  17. Scotland > Politics and government > 1371-1707
  18. Scotland > History > James VI, 1567-1625
  19. Écosse (GB) > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle
  20. Écosse (GB) > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle
  21. Écosse (GB) > 17e siècle
  22. Écosse (GB) > 18e siècle
  23. Écosse (GB) > Politique et gouvernement > 17e siècle
  24. Écosse (GB) > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle
Contents
  1. Sovereignty -- The roots of authority -- The absolutist state -- Finance -- Warfare -- Religion -- Territory -- The Borders and Highlands -- State power -- Perspectives on state formation.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-357) and index.