This study examines how British politics operated in practice during the age of Mary, Queen of Scots and explains how the crises of the mid-sixteenth century moulded the future political shape of the British Isles.
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ISBN:9780521037495 (pbk.)
ISBN:0521037492 (pbk.)
ISBN:9780521809962 (hbk.)
ISBN:0521809967 (hbk.)
Physical Description:print xvii, 251 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-243) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: 1560: British policies and the British context -- 1. Argyll's life and character -- Education and formation -- Marriage and divorce -- Character and beliefs -- 2. Semi-sovereign prince -- Military strength -- Legal jurisdiction -- Clan Campbell -- Land and wealth -- Argyll's court -- The 5th earl's affinity -- National office and influence -- 3. The creation of a British policy: 1558-1560 -- The Reformation in Scotland -- The forging of the Anglo-Scottish alliance -- British policy in Ulster -- 4. The collapse of amity: 1561-1565 -- Mary's personal rule -- The failure of British policy in Ulster -- The fracturing of Anglo-Scottish friendship -- 5. The reconfiguration of British politics: 1566-1568 -- The disintegration of Mary's rule -- Shane's death and the Ulster marriages -- Bargaining with the English -- 6. The withdrawal from British politics: 1569-1573 -- The Scottish civil wars -- The creation of a client state -- Re-establishing the MacDonalds -- Conclusion: The earl of Argyll and British politics in the age of the three kingdoms -- Chronology, 1558-1573.
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