Anglo-Scottish Relations, from 1603 to 1900 (Proceedings of the British Academy) - Hardcover

9780197263303: Anglo-Scottish Relations, from 1603 to 1900 (Proceedings of the British Academy)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197263305 ISBN 13: 9780197263303

Publisher: British Academy, 2006

The Union of the Crowns in 1603 is the cornerstone of the modern British state, but relations between England and Scotland did not always run smoothly in the following centuries. This volume examines how the neighbouring British nations regarded each other from 1603 to 1900. Why did this union last when many others in Europe fell apart? How close did it come to unravelling? What were the strengths and tricks that preserved it? As aggregations of individuals, as economies, or as systems of law and politics, how did England and Scotland mesh? Political, economic, legal, intellectual and literary historians examine the first three centuries of Union, including the reception of James in the south, the Civil Wars, the background to Parliamentary Union in 1707, the spoils of Empire, and the Victorian climax. Together with its companion Anglo-Scottish Relations, from 1900 to Devolution and Beyond (0-19-726331-3), the volume provides a vivid account of two nations which have often differed, remained very distinct, yet achieved endurance in European terms

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About the Author:

T C Smout is at Emeritus Professor of Scottish History, School of History, University of St Andrews, and Fellow of the British Academy.

Review:

...it furnishes much of interest for historians of eighteenth-century Scotland, and some of the individual essays provide readable surveys that will doubtless grace many an undergraduate reading list. * Stana Nenadic, University of Edinburgh * ...[a] distinguished cast of contributors. * Jeremy Black, History Journal *

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