
Early Modern Scotland
Themes in Focus
Allan Kennedy(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 9. July 2026
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-367-37538-6 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive textbook synthesizes the latest research on Scotland from 1560 to 1745, exploring political, social, cultural, religious, and economic themes through sixteen accessible essays that place Scottish history in British, imperial, and global contexts.
Moving beyond familiar topics like Mary, Queen of Scots and Jacobite Risings, readers will gain a thorough understanding of early modern Scotland. The sixteen chapters are expertly crafted to cover key issues including the Scottish Parliament, Reformation, religious culture, deviance, gender, artistic expression, identity, and colonial ventures. This approach provides both comprehensive coverage of main historical currents and fresh perspectives on specialised research, making complex scholarship accessible and engaging.
Aimed especially at an undergraduate readership which currently lacks an effective primer on the increasingly complex specialist literature, the book will also be of interest to general readers and other non-specialists seeking an authoritative, engaging introduction to the early modern era in Scotland.
Moving beyond familiar topics like Mary, Queen of Scots and Jacobite Risings, readers will gain a thorough understanding of early modern Scotland. The sixteen chapters are expertly crafted to cover key issues including the Scottish Parliament, Reformation, religious culture, deviance, gender, artistic expression, identity, and colonial ventures. This approach provides both comprehensive coverage of main historical currents and fresh perspectives on specialised research, making complex scholarship accessible and engaging.
Aimed especially at an undergraduate readership which currently lacks an effective primer on the increasingly complex specialist literature, the book will also be of interest to general readers and other non-specialists seeking an authoritative, engaging introduction to the early modern era in Scotland.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen, 10 farbige Abbildungen, 10 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 10 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder
10 Halftones, color; 10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-37538-6 (9780367375386)
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Person
Allan Kennedy is Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee, specialising in the early modern period. Key publications include Governing Gaeldom: The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State, 1660-1688 (2014) and Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth Century Scotland (2025).
Content
Introduction
PART I: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
1. Monarchy
2. Parliament
3. State
4. Participation
PART II: SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
5. Community
6. Deviance
7. Highlands
8. Economy
PART III: RELIGION AND CULTURE
9. Reformation
10. Faith
11. Expression
12. Intellect
13. Identity
PART IV: SCOTLAND AND THE WIDER WORLD
14. Emigration
15. Empire
16. Britain
Afterword
PART I: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
1. Monarchy
2. Parliament
3. State
4. Participation
PART II: SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
5. Community
6. Deviance
7. Highlands
8. Economy
PART III: RELIGION AND CULTURE
9. Reformation
10. Faith
11. Expression
12. Intellect
13. Identity
PART IV: SCOTLAND AND THE WIDER WORLD
14. Emigration
15. Empire
16. Britain
Afterword