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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823266403321

Autore

Stewart Laura A. M

Titolo

Urban politics and British civil wars : Edinburgh, 1617-53 / / by Laura A.M. Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006

ISBN

1-281-39938-8

9786611399382

90-474-0976-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

The Northern world, , 1569-1462 ; ; v. 23

Disciplina

941.3/406

Soggetti

Edinburgh (Scotland) History 17th century

Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life 17th century

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649

Scotland History Charles I, 1625-1649

Scotland History James VI, 1567-1625

Scotland Politics and government 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised version of the author's doctoral dissertation defended in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The urban community -- pt. 2. Politics and religion.

Sommario/riassunto

On 23 July 1637, riots broke out in Edinburgh. These disturbances triggered the collapse of royal authority across the British Isles. This volume explores the political and religious culture in the Scottish capital from the reign of James VI and I to the Cromwellian occupation. It examines for the first time the importance of Edinburgh to the formation of the Scottish opposition movement and to the establishment of the revolutionary Covenanting regime. Although the primary focus is the Scottish capital, an explicitly British perspective is maintained. This is a wide-ranging study that engages in debates about early modern urban culture, the problem of multiple monarchy and the issue of post-Reformation religious radicalism.