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Download or read book Spanish Influences in Scottish History Classic Reprint written by John Rawson Elder and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Spanish Influences in Scottish History In 1488 James IV. ascended the throne of Scotland; in 1603 James VI. of Scotland became King of England. The intervening years are the most momentous in Scottish history, and, at the same time, form the period during which the decisions of Scotland are of prime importance to the whole of Western Europe. During those years Scotland first attained a measure of national unity, and then, in two directions, faced the issue and made the choice which determined her attitude towards European affairs; the Church of Rome was abandoned for Protestant Presbytery and Kirk, and, as a natural corollary, the ancient alliance with France gave place to friendship with England. To no country was the new attitude of the Scottish people more important than to Spain, for whom the period meant the union of her territorial divisions, the rise of her overseas empire, and the consequent genesis of the commercial struggle with England which was soon merged in the protracted war of the Counter-Reformation. The geographical position of Scotland made her a factor of extreme importance in the international situation, and gave the Catholic Revolt in Scotland, which owed much of its strength to the diplomatic intrigues of Spain, European significance. The revolt was the natural result of the Reformation settlement. It was not to be expected that the Scottish Catholics, who in 1560 outnumbered the Protestants by three to one, and were headed by three-fourths of the nobility of Scotland, would accept calmly the decision of the Protestant minority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Spanish Influences in Scottish History written by John R. Elder and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE history of Scotland has too often been regarded from a parochial point of view, and Professor Elder's book, which traces the working DEGREESof Spanish influences in Scotland between the years 1488 and 1603, is a step in the right direction. The author points out that, with the birth of the Atlantic phase of European history, and with the development of strong 'nationalities' in Spain, France, and England, Scotland was inevitably drawn into world politics. He goes on to show how, with the advent of the reformation, the importance of Scotland steadily increases ' until in the end of the century when England and Spain are at death-grips, Philip realizes that Scotland is the dominating factor in the problem' (p. 35). Pre-reformation days are dismissed in a single chapter, both sound and interesting, which shows how Scotland was affected by the oscillations of the balance of power. Ferdinand of Aragon, jealous of French influence north of the Tweed, is revealed as an ardent promoter, if not the original designer, of the Anglo-Scottish match effected by Henry VII. Not always, however, did the balance of power thus make for peace. In 1524 Henry VIII took advantage of the European situation to attempt to detach France from Scotland, with a view to the subjugation of the northern realm. His effort, however, was purely tentative; the project of 1524 was not a ' treaty' (p. 22), but a mere truce, and nothing came of it. It is in the remaining seven chapters of the book, which cover the period from 1557 to 1603, that the author's troubles begin. By this time Spain is not only an imperial power, she is also marching in the van of the counter-reformation, and her foreign policy is an extraordinary complex of political and religious diplomacy. It is no easy task to extricate from the vast mass of evidence the facts which bear primarily upon Scotland, and to weld these facts into a clear and consistent whole. -- The English Historical Rev
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