The Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars

Author: Mark Charles Fissel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-03-31

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780521466868

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A study of Charles I's two unsuccessful attempts to bring religious conformity to Scotland.

Bishops and Covenanters
Bishops and Covenanters

Author: Ann Shukman

Publisher: Birlinn Limited

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781906566586

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Why did the young Protestant monarch William of Orange fail to make his mark on Scotland? How did a particularly hard-line 'Protester' branch of Presbyterianism (the last off-shoot of the Convenanting movement) become the established Church in Scotland? And how did it come about that Scotland suffered a kind of 'cultural revolution' after the ...

Building Early Modern Edinburgh
Building Early Modern Edinburgh

Author: Aaron Allen

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-31

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781474442398

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This volume traces the history of the Edinburgh Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, which sought to control the capital's building trades and defend their privileges. By utilising a range of previously missing charters and archival documents, the author offers a new perspective on the prestigious craft guild in its 542 years of existence.