Andrew Fletcher and The Treaty of The Union
Title | Andrew Fletcher and The Treaty of The Union PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Henderson Scott |
Publisher | Birlinn |
Pages | 486 |
Release | 2013-04-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 085790633X |
Andrew Fletcher has been known since his own lifetime as "The Patriot" because of his determined resistance to the parliamentary Union of Scotland and England in 1707. More recently he has won a new reputation for the boldness, lucidity and originality of his political thought, in which he advocated parliamentary democracy, Scottish independence and European co-operation. This biography of Fletcher describes the events which led to the Union, and offers a critical analysis of his essays and speeches which takes account of recent scholarship on the subject.
Andrew Fletcher and the Treaty of Union
Title | Andrew Fletcher and the Treaty of Union PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Henderson Scott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Andrew Fletcher and the Treaty of the Union
Title | Andrew Fletcher and the Treaty of the Union PDF eBook |
Author | (Paul Henderson). Scott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9781495650079 |
Andrew Fletcher has been known since his own lifetime as ""The Patriot"" because of his determined resistance to the parliamentary Union of Scotland and England in 1707. More recently he has won a new reputation for the boldness, lucidity and originality of his political thought, in which he advocated parliamentary democracy, Scottish independence and European co-operation. This biography of Fletcher describes the events which led to the Union, and offers a critical analysis of his essays and speeches which takes account of recent scholarship on the subject.
Andrew Fletcher: Political Works
Title | Andrew Fletcher: Political Works PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Fletcher |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1997-10-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521439947 |
This book is the first complete modern edition of Andrew Fletcher's (1653-1716) political works.
The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher, Esq
Title | The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher, Esq PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Fletcher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 1732 |
Genre | England |
ISBN |
The Two Unions
Title | The Two Unions PDF eBook |
Author | Alvin Jackson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019959399X |
Alvin Jackson examines the two Unions - the Anglo-Scots Union of 1707 and the British-Irish of 1801 - comparing their background, birth, and survival. In sustaining a comparison between the Unions, he illuminates the long history and current state of the United Kingdom.
The Union
Title | The Union PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Fry |
Publisher | Birlinn Publishers |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"The story of modern Britain began 300 years ago, with the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland in 1707. In this fresh and challenging look at the origins of the United Kingdom, the first full study for four decades, Michael Fry focuses on the years which led up to the Union, setting the political history of both countries against the backdrop of war in Europe and the emergence of imperialism. In comparing the fate of Scotland with that of other small nations he reconstructs the human as well as the political story - in the voices of the people, in plots and conspiracies, in reports from battlefields and in the impassioned debates of the Scots Parliament." "In doing so he rejects the long-held assumption that the economy was of overwhelming importance in the Scots' acceptance of the terms of the Treaty, showing how they were in fact able to exploit English ignorance of and indifference to Scotland - as evident now as then - to steer the settlement in their own favour. Thus the future of Scotland, England and Britain remained open, not closed. The implications of this, Fry argues, have influenced the dynamics of the Union ever since, and are only being fully worked out in our own time."--BOOK JACKET.