James VI and Noble Power in Scotland 1578-1603

ISBN-13: 9780367874865 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 220 str.

Miles Kerr-Peterson; Steven J. Reid

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James VI and Noble Power in Scotland explores how Scotland was governed in the late sixteenth century by examining the dynamic between King James and his nobles from the end of his formal minority until his accession to the English throne in 1603.  It includes case studies from across Scotland from the Hi

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Introduction

Miles Kerr-Peterson

1. James VI and James Douglas, Earl of Morton







Amy Blakeway









2. Of Bairns and Bearded Men: James VI and the Ruthven Raid







Steven J. Reid












3. Friendship, Politics and Religion: George Gordon, Sixth Earl of Huntly and King James VI, 1581-1595







Ruth Grant












4. James VI, Noble Power and the burgh of Glasgow, c. 1580-1605







Paul Goatman












5. He "made them friends in his cabinet": James VI’s suppression of the Scott-Ker feud







Anna Groundwater












6. Noble Power in the West Highlands and Isles: James VI and the End of the Mercenary Trade with Ireland, 1594-6







Ross Crawford












7. Rise of a Courtier: the second Duke of Lennox and strategies of Noble Power under James VI







Adrienne McLaughlin












8. ‘For the King Favours Them Very Strangely’: The Rise of James VI’s Chamber, 1580-1603







Amy L. Juhala












9. The Octavians







Julian Goodare












10. The Gowrie Conspiracy: do we need to wait until the Day of Judgement?

Jenny Wormald

O autorze

Miles Kerr-Peterson was recently awarded a PhD in history at the University of Glasgow, his thesis being a study of the life and lordship of George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal. His research focuses on early modern Scottish noble and academic cultures.

Steven J. Reid is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. His previous publications include Humanism and Calvinism: Andrew Melville and the Universities of Scotland, c.1560-c.1625 (2011).