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The politics of religion in the age of Mary, Queen of Scots : the Earl of Argyll and the struggle for Britain and Ireland

Author: Jane E A Dawson
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series: Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Early modern historians have theorised about the nature of the new 'British history for a generation. This study examines how British politics operated in practice during the age of Mary, Queen of Scots, and it explains how the crises of the mid sixteenth century moulded the future political shape of the British Isles." "A central figure in these struggles was the 5th earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell and  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Biographies
Named Person: Archibald Campbell Argyll, Earl of; Mary, Queen of Scots; Campbell family.; Archibald Campbell Argyll, Earl of.; Campbell (Famille); Archibald Campbell Argyll, Earl of; Marie Stuart, reine des Écossais; Maria, Schottland Königin 1542-1587.; Archibald Campbell Argyll, Politiker 1530-1573.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jane E A Dawson
ISBN: 0521809967 9780521809962
OCLC Number: 48265603
Description: xviii, 251 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Series Title: Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
Responsibility: Jane E.A. Dawson.
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"Early modern historians have theorised about the nature of the new 'British history for a generation. This study examines how British politics operated in practice during the age of Mary, Queen of Scots, and it explains how the crises of the mid sixteenth century moulded the future political shape of the British Isles." "A central figure in these struggles was the 5th earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell and leading Lowland aristocrat, who was the most powerful magnate not only at the court of Queen Mary, his sister-in-law, but throughout the three kingdoms. His domination of the Western Highlands and Islands drew him into the complex politics of the north of Ireland, while his Protestant commitment involved him in Anglo-Scottish relations. During the British crises of 1559-60, 1565 and 1567-73 his actions also helped determine the Protestant allegiance of the British mainland and the political and religious complexion of Ireland. Argyll's career therefore demonstrates both the possibilities and the limitations of British history throughout the early modern period."--Jacket.

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