British & Irish History: C 1500 To C 1700

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  Scottish Covenanters And Irish Confederates: Scottish-Irish Relations In The Mid-Seventeenth Century
  David, Ph. D Stevenson - Paperback - Ulster Historical Foundation
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  The Sickly Stuarts: The Medical Downfall Of A Dynasty
  Frederic Lawrence Holmes - Paperback - Sutton
  Distinguished professor of medicine, Frederick Holmes, looks at the medical history of the Stuart dynasty, concluding that the aggregate medical problems and medical misadventures of the Stuarts brought the family down, so that parliament rose to fill the vacuum created.
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  Scotland's Empire, 1600-1815
  T. M. Devine - Paperback - Penguin
  The Scots had an enormous impact on the global development of the British Empire as emigrants, soldiers, merchants and colonial administrators. This book explores in depth many key themes including the slave trade, the Scots on the colonial frontier, Highland soldiers and more.
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  The Scottish Chateau: The Country House Of Renaissance Scotland
  Charles McKean - Paperback - Sutton
  In this work, the author overturns the theories that Scottish Renaissance country houses were merely 'castles' or fortified houses, alongside a country left behind in a backwater, and reveals 16th-century Scotland as vivid, colourful and European.
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  The Scottish Witch-Hunt In Context
  - Paperback - Manchester University Press
  Covering the whole period of the Scottish witch-hunt, from the mid-16th century to the early 18th, this book is a collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft and witch-hunting. It provides a comparative dimension of witch-hunting beyond Scotland.
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  The Stewarts: Kings & Queens Of The Scots, 1371-1625
  - Paperback - Tempus
  The authoritative and accessbile history of the Stewart Royal family, Kings and Queens of the Scots from Robert II Stewart to James VI Stewart, the last monarch to really know and understand the Scots.
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  Scottish Society, 1500 1800
  - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
  Based upon previously unpublished research findings, Scottish Society, 1500-1800, provides an introductory overview of Scottish society and the lives of the ordinary people of Scotland in the years before the Industrial Revolution.
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  The Steel Bonnets: The Story Of The Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers
  George MacDonald Fraser - Paperback - HarperCollins
  This is an almost forgotten chapter of British history, preserved largely in folk-tales and ballads. It is the story of the great raiding families, who ran their raids and operated their system of blackmail and terrorism.
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  The Stewart Dynasty
  Stewart Ross - Paperback - House of Lochar
  The Stewarts probably had more impact on British history than any other single family. The author offers 600 years of the history of this illustrious family, and the result is a story starring a startling collage of unforgettable personalities.
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  Sons Of The Wolf: Campbells And MacGregors And The Cleansing Of The Inland Glens
  Ronald Williams - Paperback - House of Lochar
  This is a history of the ruthless and systematic expansion of the ambitious Clan Campbell in 16th-century Scotland. This was no less than the intended extermination of an entire clan.