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A new investigation of James I and VI's policy in the troubled
Border region between England and Scotland. The Scottish Borders
experienced dramatic change on James VI's succession to the throne
of England: where characteristically hostile Anglo-Scottish
relations had encouraged cross-border raiding, James was to
prosecute a newly consistent pacification of crime in the region.
This volume explores his actions in the Middle March, the shires of
Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk, by examining governmental processes
and structures of power there both before and afterUnion. It
suggests that James utilised existing networks of authority, with
the help of a largely co-operative Borders elite that remained in
place after 1603; kinship and alliance helped to form these
networks, and government isshown to have used their associated
obligations. The book thus overturns the traditional view of a
semi-anarchic region beyond the control of government in Edinburgh.
Building on this account of the transformation wrought byUnion, the
volume also places the Middle March in the context of Scottish
state formation and the intensification of administrative activity
and political control, particularly within James' determined
efforts to suppress feuding. It therefore tests wider claims made
by historians about the changing nature of governance and judicial
processes in early modern Scotland as a whole, and within a nascent
"Great Britain". Anna Groundwater lectures inBritish and Scottish
History at the University of Edinburgh.
The seventeenth century was one of the most dramatic periods in
Scotland's history, with two political revolutions, intense
religious strife culminating in the beginnings of toleration, and
the modernisation of the state and its infrastructure. This book
focuses on the history that the Scots themselves made. The
seventeenth century was one of the most dramatic periods in
Scotland's history, with two political revolutions, intense
religious strife culminating in the beginnings of toleration, and
the modernisation of the state and its infrastructure. This book
focuses on the history that the Scots themselves made. Previous
conceptualisations of Scotland's "seventeenth century" have tended
to define it as falling between 1603 and 1707 - the union of crowns
and the union of parliaments. In contrast, this book asks how
seventeenth-century Scotland would look if we focused on things
that the Scots themselves wanted and chose to do. Here the key
organising dates are not 1603 and 1707 but 1638and 1689: the
covenanting revolution and the Glorious Revolution. Within that
framework, the book develops several core themes. One is regional
and local: the book looks at the Highlands and the Anglo-Scottish
Borders. The increasing importance of money in politics and the
growing commercialisation of Scottish society is a further theme
addressed. Chapters on this theme, like those on the nature of the
Scottish Revolution, also discuss central governmentand illustrate
the growth of the state. A third theme is political thought and the
world of ideas. The intellectual landscape of seventeenth-century
Scotland has often been perceived as less important and less
innovative, and suchperceptions are explored and in some cases
challenged in this volume. Two stories have tended to dominate the
historiography of seventeenth-century Scotland: Anglo-Scottish
relations and religious politics. One of the recentleitmotifs of
early modern British history has been the stress on the
"Britishness" of that history and the interaction between the three
kingdoms which constituted the "Atlantic archipelago". The two
revolutions at the heart ofthe book were definitely Scottish, even
though they were affected by events elsewhere. This is Scottish
history, but Scottish history which recognises and is informed by a
British context where appropriate. The interconnected nature of
religion and politics is reflected in almost every contribution to
this volume. SHARON ADAMS is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
University of Freiburg. JULIAN GOODARE is Reader in History at the
University of Edinburgh. Contributors: Sharon Adams, Caroline
Erskine, Julian Goodare, Anna Groundwater, Maurice Lee Jnr,
Danielle McCormack, Alasdair Raffe, Laura Rayner, Sherrilynn
Theiss, Sally Tuckett, Douglas Watt
A new investigation of James I and VI's policy in the troubled
Border region between England and Scotland. The Scottish Borders
experienced dramatic change on James VI's succession to the throne
of England: where characteristically hostile Anglo-Scottish
relations had encouraged cross-border raiding, James was to
prosecute a newly consistent pacification of crime in the region.
This volume explores his actions in the Middle March, the shires of
Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk, by examining governmental processes
and structures of power there both before and afterUnion. It
suggests that James utilised existing networks of authority, with
the help of a largely co-operative Borders elite that remained in
place after 1603; kinship and alliance helped to form these
networks, and government isshown to have used their associated
obligations. The book thus overturns the traditional view of a
semi-anarchic region beyond the control of government in Edinburgh.
Building on this account of the transformation wrought byUnion, the
volume also places the Middle March in the context of Scottish
state formation and the intensification of administrative activity
and political control, particularly within James' determined
efforts to suppress feuding. It therefore tests wider claims made
by historians about the changing nature of governance and judicial
processes in early modern Scotland as a whole, and within a nascent
"Great Britain". Anna Groundwater lectures inBritish and Scottish
History at the University of Edinburgh.
At the heart of this book is a previously unpublished account of
Ben Jonson's celebrated walk from London to Edinburgh in the summer
of 1618. This unique firsthand narrative provides us with an
insight into where Jonson went, whom he met, and what he did on the
way. James Loxley, Anna Groundwater and Julie Sanders present a
clear, readable and fully annotated edition of the text. An
introduction and a series of contextual essays shed further light
on topics including the evidence of provenance and authorship,
Jonson's contacts throughout Britain, his celebrity status, and the
relationships between his 'foot voyage' and other famous journeys
of the time. The essays also illuminate wider issues, such as early
modern travel and political and cultural relations between England
and Scotland. It is an invaluable volume for scholars and
upper-level students of Ben Jonson studies, early modern
literature, seventeenth-century social history, and cultural
geography.
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