British & Irish History: C 1500 To C 1700

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See also: History & Archaeology

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  £60.00
  Court, Kirk, And Community: Scotland 1470-1625
  Jenny Wormald - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
  This volume focuses on society and religious life in Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1965. Jenny Wormald traces the turbulent and often calamitous evolution of Scotland from medieval and feudal to the modern state. Whilst undergoing the transformation in religious life from Catholic to Protestant, Scotland also had to contend with a changing monarchy, war and government.
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  Court, Kirk, And Community: Scotland 1470-1625
  Jenny Wormald - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
  This volume focuses on society and religious life in Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1965. Jenny Wormald traces the turbulent and often calamitous evolution of Scotland from medieval and feudal to the modern state. Whilst undergoing the transformation in religious life from Catholic to Protestant, Scotland also had to contend with a changing monarchy, war and government.
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  Crown, Covenant And Cromwell: The Civil Wars In Scotland, 1639-1651
  Stuart Reid - Hardback - Frontline
  'Crown, Covenant and Cromwell' is a military history of the Great Civil War or rather the last Anglo-Scottish War. While the politics of the time are necessarily touched upon, it is above all the story of those armies and the men who marched in them under generals such as Alexander Leslie, James Graham and Oliver Cromwell.
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  The Culture Of Controversy: Religious Arguments In Scotland, 1660-1714
  Alasdair Raffe - Hardback - Boydell
  Illuminating the development and character of Scottish Protestantism, this book proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in early modern Scotland.
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  Cromwell And Scotland: Conquest And Religion, 1650-1660
  R. Scott Spurlock - Paperback - John Donald
  This study seeks to restore the casual role of religion to its proper place in the story of Oliver Cromwell's invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland.
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  Cromwell And Scotland: Conquest And Religion, 1650-1660
  R. Scott Spurlock - Paperback - John Donald
  This study seeks to restore the casual role of religion to its proper place in the story of Oliver Cromwell's invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland.
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  The Case For The Enlightenment: Scotland And Naples, 1680-1760
  John Robertson - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
  This is a comparative study of the emergence of Enlightenment in Scotland and in Naples. Challenging the tendency to fragment the Enlightenment in 18th century Europe into multiple Enlightenments, the author demonstrates the extent to which thinkers in two societies shared common intellectual preoccupations.
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  Caledonia's Last Stand: In Search Of The Lost Scots Of Darien
  Nat Edwards - Paperback - Luath
  In 1698, a fleet landed on the isthmus of Darien to create a colony and launch a new Scottish trading empire. Eighteen months later, the colony had seen the loss of ten ships and cost the lives of over 2,000 people. Nat Edwards explores the real story behind the disastrous attempt at building a Scottish empire.
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  Cromwell's Masterstroke: The Battle Of Dunbar 1650
  Peter Reese - Hardback - Pen & Sword Military
  The victory at Dunbar of Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army over the Scots under David Leslie merits a major place in the long succession of Anglo-Scottish battles. Peter Reese's exciting account of this extraordinary battle is the first full-length study to be published.
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  Castles And Tower Houses Of The Scottish Clans 1450-1650
  Stuart Reid - Paperback - Osprey
  Scottish castles and tower houses evolved as fortified dwellings that were erected in an environment of weak royal authority and feuding by clans. This work examines the distinctive style of building that flourished in Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.