In 1637 Scotland exploded in rebellion against King Charles I. The rebellion sought not only
to undo hated anglicising policies in the Church, but to reverse the wholesale transfer of …

This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the
religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding …

Il duello barbarico, giudizio di Dio in cui si coglieva nello scontro d'armi la sentenza della
divinità; il duello in torneo, sospeso fra gioco, addestramento alle armi e regolamento di …

Drawing on a rich, yet untapped, source of Scottish autobiographical writing, this book
provides a fascinating insight into the nature and extent of early-modern religious narratives …

The Protestant Reformation of 1560 is widely acknowledged as being a watershed moment
in Scottish history. However, whilst the antecedents of the reform movement have been …

Three monarchs of Scotland (James V, Mary Queen of Scots, and James VI/I) were crowned
during the sixteenth century; each came to the throne before their second birthday …

Field Marshal Alexander Leslie was the highest ranking commander from the British Isles to
serve in the Thirty Years' War. Though Leslie's life provides the thread that runs through this …

Existing studies of early modern Scotland tend to focus on the crown, the nobility and the
church. Yet, from the sixteenth century, a unique national representative assembly of the …

Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as
an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of …

Analysing the make-up and workings of the Royalist party in Scotland and Ireland during the
civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century, Royalists at War is the first major study to explore …