Description: Analyses the relations between nobility, crown and state, first in Scotland and then in the first courts of the unified kingdoms.
Brief description: Keith Brown is Professor of History at the University of Manchester. He specializes in early modern Scottish History, particularly the history of parliament and of the nobility.
Review Quotes: ...the book is refreshingly even-handed in regard both to Scotland's regions and its religious denominations, and the author shows a welcome awareness of the Irish dimension in Scottish and British politics.--Dr Daniel MacCannel, University of Aberdeen "Reviews in History"