How The Scots Took Over London

Author : David Stenhouse
Publisher : Random House
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780577579

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How the Scots Took Over London by David Stenhouse Pdf

From Fleet Street to the world of medicine, from the City of London to the corridors of power in Whitehall, Scots have exerted a determining influence on key areas of British life since the Union of the Parliaments in 1707. Now that Scots dominate Westminster and run their own parliament in Edinburgh, is the tartan takeover complete? Through revealing interviews with some of the most successful Scots in London, including Kirsty Wark, Sheena Macdonald, Tam Dalyell, Norman Lamont and William Dalrymple, On the Make shows how citizens of the poorest part of the United Kingdom have gained unprecedented influence over British politics, the media and commerce. But success has not always led to popularity. While ambitious Celts have always encountered resentment from the English, Scots at home also often view their successful brothers and sisters down south as selfish careerists who have abandoned their country for the lure of English gold. With English commentators beginning to question the power of the Scots as never before, this hard-hitting book takes a challenging look at exactly how much power lies in Scottish hands in today's devolved United Kingdom.

Author : Arthur Herman
Publisher : Crown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307420954

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How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman Pdf

An exciting account of the origins of the modern world Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics—contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. Herman has charted a fascinating journey across the centuries of Scottish history. Here is the untold story of how John Knox and the Church of Scotland laid the foundation for our modern idea of democracy; how the Scottish Enlightenment helped to inspire both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution; and how thousands of Scottish immigrants left their homes to create the American frontier, the Australian outback, and the British Empire in India and Hong Kong. How the Scots Invented the Modern World reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable historical figures, from James Watt and Adam Smith to Andrew Carnegie and Arthur Conan Doyle, and how Scottish heroes continue to inspire our contemporary culture, from William “Braveheart” Wallace to James Bond. And no one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scots—or the modern West—in the same way again.

Author : Stana Nenadic
Publisher : Studies in Eighteenth-Century
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1611482607

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Scots in London in the Eighteenth Century by Stana Nenadic Pdf

Scots in London in the Eighteenth Century is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that explores, through the experiences of individuals and groups ranging from James Boswell and his circle at one end of the social spectrum to highland folk musicians at the other, the reasons why Scottish men, women, and children made the long journey south to London and their reactions to the great metropolis once there. Through the varied approaches of historians and art historians, and literary critics and musicologists, this book addresses a series of interconnected themes including the dynamics that gave rise to periodic "Scotophobia" and also generated a distinct form of Scottish social capital and eventual integration; patronage, as a type of social relationship particular to the age and to the capital city; cultural production, both high and popular; and the making of Scottish identity in London, along with the impact of London-forged Anglo-Scottish identity on Scotland and evolving notions of "Britishness." Contributing to this volume are Iain Gordon Brown, Sandro Jung, Viccy Coltman, James J. Caudle, Nigel Aston, Patricia R. Andrew, Anita Guerrini, Mary Anne Alburger, Stana Nenadic, Katharine Glover, and Jane Rendall.

Author : Peter Somerset Fry,Rosalind Mitchison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1985-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134963034

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The History of Scotland by Peter Somerset Fry,Rosalind Mitchison Pdf

An ideal volume for anyone wanting a brisk overview of North Britain from the year dot to the twentieth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : English literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133485727

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Scottish Studies Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317865124

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Disunited Kingdoms by Michael Brown Pdf

In the last decades of the thirteenth century the British Isles appeared to be on the point of unified rule, dominated by the lordship, law and language of the English. However by 1400 Britain and Ireland were divided between the warring kings of England and Scotland, and peoples still starkly defined by race and nation. Why did the apparent trends towards a single royal ruler, a single elite and a common Anglicised world stop so abruptly after 1300? And what did the resulting pattern of distinct nations and extensive borderlands contribute to the longer-term history of the British Isles? In this innovative analysis of a critical period in the history of the British Isles, Michael Brown addresses these fundamental questions and shows how the national identities underlying the British state today are a continuous legacy of these years. Using a chronological structure to guide the reader through the key periods of the era, this book also identifies and analyses the following dominant themes throughout: - the changing nature of kingship and sovereignty and their links to wars of conquest - developing ideas of community and identity - key shifts in the nature of aristocratic societies across the isles - the European context, particularly the roots and course of the Hundred Years War This is essential reading for undergraduates studying the history of late Medieval Britain or Europe, but will also be of great interest for anyone who wishes to understand the continuing legacy of the late medieval period in Britain.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1761
Category : English literature
ISBN : SRLF:A0002798957

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The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Whitaker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1787
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555088749

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Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated by John Whitaker Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1788
Category : English literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433081660056

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The Scots Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Howie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1796
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590508704

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Biographia Scoticana: or, A brief historical account of the ... most eminent Scots worthies. As also, An appendix. [2 pt. Frontisp. mutilated]. by John Howie Pdf

Author : James I (King of England),Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Publisher : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0969751265

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The True Law of Free Monarchies by James I (King of England),Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1747
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005715441

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Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Howie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Biography
ISBN : PRNC:32101042036341

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The Scots Worthies by John Howie Pdf

Author : Frank N. Magill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1071 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136593062

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The Middle Ages by Frank N. Magill Pdf

Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.

Author : Jenny Wormald
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857903501

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Mary, Queen of Scots by Jenny Wormald Pdf

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history's romantically tragic figures. Devious, naïve, beautiful and sexually voracious, often highly principled, she secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Her plotting, including probable involvement in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley, led to her flight from Scotland and imprisonment by her equally ambitious cousin and fellow queen, Elizabeth of England. Yet when Elizabeth ordered Mary's execution in 1587 it was an act of exasperated frustration rather than political wrath. Unlike biographies of Mary predating this work, this masterly study set out to show Mary as she really was – not a romantic heroine, but the ruler of a European kingdom with far greater economic and political importance than its size or location would indicate. Wormald also showed that Mary's downfall was not simply because of the 'crisis years' of 1565–7, but because of her way of dealing, or failing to deal, with the problems facing her as a renaissance monarch. She was tragic because she was born to supreme power but was wholly incapable of coping with its responsibilities. Her extraordinary story has become one of the most colourful and emotionally searing tales of western history, and it is here fully reconsidered by a leading specialist of the period. Jenny Wormald's beautifully written biography will appeal to students and general readers alike.