Much has been written about the decline of the United Kingdom. The Two Unions looks
instead at the lengthy survival of the Union, examining the institutions, structures, and …

The nation-state has long offered a powerful framework within which to understand modern
economic growth. To some it provides “a natural unit in the study of economic growth,” …

In this essay, we call for a new approach to representative assemblies of early modern
Europe and beyond. While there are vast national historiographies on their legal …

This important series publishes monographs that take a fresh and challenging look at the
interactions between politics, culture and society in Britain between 1500 and the mid …

In this study of the reign of James II of Scotland, the king is viewed in the context of the
Stewart monarchy, from his struggles to overcome his early adversity and the legacy of his …

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 …

On 14 May 1660, Charles II, restored to the throne of his father, was proclaimed king of Great
Britain and Ireland at the market-cross of Edinburgh, bringing to an end over twenty years of …

Literature and Union opens up a new front in interdisciplinary literary studies. There has
been a great deal of academic work--both in the Scottish context and more broadly--on the …

This article examines popular political participation in early modern Scotland. In Scotland,
some of the preconditions of public politics identified by recent scholars were less obviously …

This article offers a revised interpretation of the Scottish republican thinker and political
activist Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun's views on the issue of militias and standing armies …