| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 251 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in early modern British history
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Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PROLOGUE 1560: British policies and the British context; 1 Argyll's life and character; 2 Semi-sovereign prince; 3 The creation of a British policy: 1558 ... 1560; 4 The collapse of amity: 1561 ... 1565; 5 The reconfiguration of British politics: 1566 ... 1568; 6 The withdrawal from British politics: 1569 ... 1573; CONCLUSION The earl of Argyll and the nature of British politics in the age of the three kingdoms; CHRONOLOGY, 1558 ... 1573; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
This book explains how the political crises of the mid-sixteenth century moulded the future political shape of the British Isles. Its central figure is the fifth earl of Argyll, the brother-in-law of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the major force throughout the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of, 1530-1573.
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Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of, 1530-1573. |
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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Contemporaries.
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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587. |
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Contemporaries. |
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Campbell family.
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Campbell family. |
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Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of. |
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Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 -- Biography.
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Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Politicians. |
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Nobility -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Nobility. |
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Scotland. |
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Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1603 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dawson, Jane E.A. Politics of religion in the age of Mary, Queen of Scots. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521809967 (DLC) 2001052679 (OCoLC)48265603 |
| ISBN |
0511020430 (electronic book) |
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9780511020438 (electronic book) |
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0521809967 |
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9780521809962 |
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0511044933 |
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9780511044939 |
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0511029632 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511029639 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511120052 (electronic book) |
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9780511120053 (electronic book) |
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9780511495793 (ebook) |
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051149579X (ebook) |
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1280159545 |
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9781280159541 |
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