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James VI and Noble Power in Scotland explores how Scotland was governed in the late sixteenth century by examining the dynamic between King James and his nobles from the end of his formal minority in 1578 until his accession to the English throne in 1603.
The collection assesses James' relationship with his nobility, detailing how he interacted with them, and how they fought, co-operated with and understood each other. It includes case studies from across Scotland from the Highlands to the Borders and burghs, and on major individual events such as the famous Gowrie conspiracy. Themes such as the nature of government in Scotland and religion as a shaper of policy and faction are addressed, as well as broader perspectives on the British and European nobility, bloodfeuds, and state-building in the early modern period.
The ten chapters together challenge well-established notions that James aimed to be a modern, centralising monarch seeking to curb the traditional structures of power, and that the period represented a period of crisis for the traditional and unrestrained culture of feuding nobility. It is demonstrated that King James was a competent and successful manager of his kingdom who demanded a new level of obedience as a 'universal king'. This volume offers students of Stuart Britain a fresh and valuable perspective on James and his reign.
Contents
Introduction
Miles Kerr-Peterson
James VI and James Douglas, Earl of Morton
Amy Blakeway
Of Bairns and Bearded Men: James VI and the Ruthven Raid
Steven J. Reid
Friendship, Politics and Religion: George Gordon, Sixth Earl of Huntly and King James VI, 1581-1595
Ruth Grant
James VI, Noble Power and the burgh of Glasgow, c. 1580-1605
Paul Goatman
He "made them friends in his cabinet": James VI's suppression of the Scott-Ker feud
Anna Groundwater
Noble Power in the West Highlands and Isles: James VI and the End of the Mercenary Trade with Ireland, 1594-6
Ross Crawford
Rise of a Courtier: the second Duke of Lennox and strategies of Noble Power under James VI
Adrienne McLaughlin
'For the King Favours Them Very Strangely': The Rise of James VI's Chamber, 1580-1603
Amy L. Juhala
The Octavians
Julian Goodare
The Gowrie Conspiracy: do we need to wait until the Day of Judgement?
Jenny Wormald
