Union and Revolution

Dr Laura A.M. Stewart is Professor of early modern British history at the University of York. Her many publications on political culture, state formation, print and scribal circulation, and Anglo-Scottish relations include: Urban Politics and the British Civil Wars: Edinburgh, 1617-53 (Leiden, 2006) and Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1637-51 (Edinburgh, 2016; pbk 2018), which was short-listed for the Longman-History Today prize and awarded the American Historical Association Morris D. Forkosch Prize 2017.

A provocative new account of Scotland's history across a century of revolution and political instability.
This edition in the New History of Scotland series radically updates Rosalind Mitchison's Lordship to Patronage (1983), covering Scotland's history, 1625-1745.

Union, war, conquest, revolution, attempted invasions, and armed rebellions: this was an eventful time even by the standards of Scotland's turbulent history. At the same time, traditional notions of kinship and community came under strain as profound economic changes reshaped social relations and created new opportunities.

Laura A. M. Stewart and Janay Nugent explore the creative volatility of the Anglo-Scottish relationship within a European and transatlantic context. Scotland's integration into the burgeoning British imperial state proved easier for some than others; it also drew Scots into the global slave trade. This is an accessible and stimulating account of a contentious period, knowledge of which is crucial for an understanding of British history and the politics of today.

Key features:
. modernised edition in classic series
. provides an accessible guide to recent scholarly debates
. relates Scotland's political, socio-economic, and cultural development to the formation of the British imperial state, European and transatlantic migration, and the expansion of global trade
. encourages students and general readers to consider a wholistic view of early modern Scotland including community, household, gender and age of all social ranks


Laura A.M. Stewart is professor of early modern British history at the University of York. Janay Nugent is Associate Professor of History at the University of Lethbridge in Canada.

Preface; List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Early Stuart Scotland: Britain, Europe, And BeyondPart One: Scotland and The Formation Of BritainChapter 1. Covenants and ConquestChapter 2. Restoration and RevolutionChapter 3. The Union Of 1707Chapter 4. Hanoverian Scotland: Whigs and Tories, Unionists and JacobitesPart Two: Cultures, Communities, and Institutions In Early Modern ScotlandChapter 5. Politics and ParticipationChapter 6. Religious Cultures Chapter 7. Community, Household, Gender, and AgeChapter 8. Art and ArchitectureConclusion: North BritonsFurther Reading; Index