Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Leiden |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004269255 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004248373 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Publication series
| Name | Northern World |
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Keywords
- Highlands
- Scotland
- British state formation
- centre-periphery interaction in early-modern Europe
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Governing Gaeldom : The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State, 1660-1688. / Kennedy, Allan.
Leiden : Brill Academic Publishers, 2014. 320 p. (Northern World).Research output: Book/Report › Book
TY - BOOK
T1 - Governing Gaeldom
T2 - The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State, 1660-1688
AU - Kennedy, Allan
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Conventional accounts of the Scottish Highlands tend to assume that they remained detached from the mainstream of British affairs until well into the eighteenth century. In Governing Gaeldom, Allan Kennedy challenges this perception through detailed analysis of the relationship between the Highlands and the Scottish state during the reigns of Charles II and James VII & II. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, Kennedy traces the political, social, ecclesiastical and economic linkages between centre and periphery, demonstrating that the Highlands were much more tightly integrated than hitherto assumed. At the same time, he reconstructs the development of Highland policy, placing it within its proper context of the absolutist pretensions of the late-Stuart monarchy. The result is a thorough reinterpretation which offers fresh insights into the process of state-formation in early-modern Britain.
AB - Conventional accounts of the Scottish Highlands tend to assume that they remained detached from the mainstream of British affairs until well into the eighteenth century. In Governing Gaeldom, Allan Kennedy challenges this perception through detailed analysis of the relationship between the Highlands and the Scottish state during the reigns of Charles II and James VII & II. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, Kennedy traces the political, social, ecclesiastical and economic linkages between centre and periphery, demonstrating that the Highlands were much more tightly integrated than hitherto assumed. At the same time, he reconstructs the development of Highland policy, placing it within its proper context of the absolutist pretensions of the late-Stuart monarchy. The result is a thorough reinterpretation which offers fresh insights into the process of state-formation in early-modern Britain.
KW - Highlands
KW - Scotland
KW - British state formation
KW - centre-periphery interaction in early-modern Europe
M3 - Book
SN - 9789004248373
T3 - Northern World
BT - Governing Gaeldom
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
CY - Leiden
ER -