A History of the Scotch Poor Law In Connexion with the Condition of the People

This excellent study covers the provision for the poor in Scotland from the middle ages through to the mid 1800s.    

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Camden's Britannia

The definitive early history and description of the whole of Britain. An absolute must for anyone's collection providing invaluable background information for family history research.    

Price:  £15.11

England and Scotland in the Fourteenth Century: New Perspectives

Typical accounts of Anglo-Scottish relations over the whole fourteenth century tends to present a sustained period of bitter enmity, described routinely by stock-phrases such as 'endemic warfare', and typified by battles such as Bannockburn [1314], Neville's cross [1346] or Otterburn [1388], border-raiding and the capture of James I of Scotland by English pirates in 1406. However, as this collection shows, the situation was far more complex. Drawing together new perspectives from new and leading researchers, the essays investigate the great complexity of Anglo-Scottish tensions in this most momentous of centuries and in doing so often reveal a far more ambivalent and at times even a peaceful and productive Anglo-Scottish dynamic. The topics treated include military campaigns and ethos; the development of artillery; the leading 'Disinherited' Anglo-Scot, Edward Balliol; Scots in English allegiance and Border Society; religious patronage; Papal relations; the effect of dealings with Scotland on England's government and parliament; identity, ethnicity and otherness; and shared values and acculturation.
Contributors: AMANDA BEAM, MICHAEL BROWN, DAVID CALDWELL, GWILYM DODD, ANTHONY GOODMAN, ANDY KING, SARAH LAYFIELD, IAIN MACINNES, RICHARD ORAM, MICHAEL PENMAN, ANDREA RUDDICK AND DAVID SIMPKIN.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83318-5

Price:  £45.00

Our Own Country - Cassells

Histories and illustrations of Britain and Ireland. See More Info for place names.    

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Restoration Scotland, 1660-1690

In the twilight years of Scottish independence, the Restoration period witnessed both the triumph of Stuart absolutism and the radical Covenanting resistance of the 'Killing Times' immortalised in presbyterian memory. This is the first account of this fascinating and dramatic period in Scottish history. It begins with the widespread popular royalism that acclaimed Charles II's return to power in 1660 and concludes by examining the collapse of royal authority that occurred under his brother, James VII & II, and the events of the Williamite Revolution of 1688-90. In reconstructing the world of late-seventeenth century Scotland, this book draws on an extensive range of printed and manuscript sources, the majority of which have never been used by historians before. Amidst current interest in Scottish political and parliamentary history before 1707, this book emphasises the dynamic and characteristic cosmopolitanism of Restoration intellectual culture as revealed from a range of national, British and Continental perspectives. In doing so, it challenges numerous historiographical orthodoxies, and modifies conventional understanding of pre-Enlightenment Scotland.
CLARE JACKSON lectures in the history of political thought at the University of Cambridge.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15930-0

Price:  £50.00

Scott's Tales of a Grandfather

A history of Scotland fromm earliest times to the end of the '45 Rebellion, written by Scott for his grandson, Johnny Lockhart..    

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The History of Scotland

From Agricola's invasion to the extinction of the last Jacobite insurrection. Published by William Blackwood & Sons. Edinburgh & London. Originally published betweern 1853-1870, this is the major work of John Hill Burton D.S.L. 1809-1881 Scottish Historian and Lawyer, appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland in 1867.    

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The Making of the Jacobean Regime

The early years of the reign of James VI and I have been much examined, but this book takes a new approach, via an overall survey rather than focussing on what are traditionally perceived as the most important moments, such as the Hampton Court Conference and the Gunpowder Plot. This enables the author to show how circumstances and events immediately after James' accession were crucial to shaping his approach to ruling England, and provides a fresh understanding of his reign in England.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93272-6

Price:  £40.00

The Personal Rule of Charles II, 1681-85

This book is concerned with political culture, government, and religion during the personal rule of Charles II, the period between the dissolution of his last English Parliament in 1681 and his death in 1685. The author argues that the nature of this phase of Stuart personal rule was different to that of Charles I in 1629-40.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83305-5

Price:  £55.00

The Scottish Enlightenment

A collection of ten specially commissioned essays addressing five themes central to any study of the Scottish Enlightenment: (1) the place (both physical and cognitive) of science and medicine in the Scottish Enlightenment; (ii) the institutionalisation of enlightenment in the universities; (iii) the cultivation of the different branches of 'the science of man' in the Scottish Enlightenment; (iv) the national and international contexts of enlightenment thought in Scotland; and (v) the historiography of the Scottish Enlightenment.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-580-46065-1

Price:  £45.00

The Social Life of Scotland in the 18th Century

An excellent account of life in Scotland during the 1700s, and therefore of great interest to those with Scottish ancestors.    

Price:  £9.79