Download or read book Kingcraft in Scotland written by Peter Ross and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kingcraft in Scotland And Other Essays and Sketches written by Peter Ross and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kingcraft in Scotland and Other Essays and Sketches Classic Reprint written by Peter Ross and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Kingcraft in Scotland, and Other Essays and Sketches In studying the History of Scotland we get, among other things, a better idea of the rise, progress, value, and decay of the system of kingly power than possibly we could derive from reading the story of any other nation in Europe. We can trace the system of monarchial government from its earliest stage, when the king was simply a leader, until the year 1603 when the singular compound of ruler and teacher who then held sway gladly quitted Scotland for a new tenure of power in England. We find the monarchy at times held by a saint, a hero, a statesman, a woman, and by a dozen or so of nonentities, whose capacity for kingship, or even for ordinary leadership, was only perceptible to their courtiers and dependents. We find a long continued struggle for power with the nobility, we see the gradual rise of the people to influence, and finally hear the complaints of one who believed in the sacredness of his kingly calling as he realises that the people are wielding a power superior to all his divine right pretentions through their chosen leaders - the preachers of the Reformation and their immediate successors. It is an instructive story. It shows us that kingship is a special vocation - that means leadership. It proves that its strength, from the beginning, really lay in the love and confidence of the people, - and that when the qualities of leadership - whether superior sanctity, heroism, or statesmanship, were wanting, the kingly title was of very little value. When the wearer of the crown was a weakling, the power was wielded by someone else. When the sovereign was in sympathy with the desires or sentiments of the people his word was law; when the people distrusted, despised, or even disliked a king his real influence upon the community was small indeed. How truly royal in every way were such kings as the sainted David, the heroic Bruce, or the statesman-like first of the James's, and what miserable caricatures of royalty were most of the others, Davids, Roberts, and James's, who held the sceptre after Bannockburn made Scotland a nation? 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.
Download or read book Kingcraft in Scotland and Other Essays and Sketches written by Peter Ross and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Kingcraft in Scotland and Other Essays and Sketches written by Peter Ross (LL.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI Until His Accession to the Crown of England with a Review of the Scottish History Previous to that Period and an Appendix Containing Original Papers written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1791 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI Till His Accession to the Crown of England written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1802 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI Till His Accession to the Crown of England With a Review of the Scottish History Previous to that Period and an Appendix Containing Original Papers Enriched with a Portrait and Life of the Author written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kings Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain 1300 1625 written by Steve Boardman and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings unusually brings together work on 15th century and the 16th century Scottish history, asking questions such as: How far can medieval themes such as OCylordshipOCO function in the late 16th-century world of Reformation and state formation? How"e;
Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI Till His Accession to the Crown of England with a Review of the Scottish History Previous to that Period and an Appendix Containing Original Papers written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Majestie written by David Teems and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Beginning, James. Orphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the young King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English throne at the height of England’s Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising tensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign, he spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western history—the translation of the Bible into a beautiful, lyrical, and accessible English. David Teems’s narrative crackles with wit, using a thoroughly modern tongue to reanimate the life of this seventeenth century king—a man at the intersection of political, literary, and religious thought, yet a man of contrasts, dubbed by one French king as “the wisest fool in Christendom.” Warm, insightful, even at times amusing, Teems’s depiction of King James has all the elements of a grand tale—conspiracy, kidnapping, witchcraft, murder, love, despair, loss. Majestie offers an engaging new look at the world’s most cherished, revered, and influential translation of Sacred Writ and the king behind it. “Engrossing and entertaining…a delightful read in every way.” – Publishers Weekly
Download or read book James I The King Who United Scotland and England written by Keith Coleman and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of King James VI who united England and Scotland under one crown and became James I in 1603 is marked by contradictions. Generally praised as a good king of Scotland and a poor English one, James was a deep theological thinker, but he also inspired a superstitious frenzy which resulted in the North Berwick witch hunt and trials in the 1590s. Scholar and pedant, he was in his own view Godâs appointed ruler, yet also a foul mouthed sloven and forever tarnished with the title of the Wisest Fool in Christendom. The most glaring contrast in his personal life was between his image as a married family man and as a ruler who lavished indiscreet affection on a series of men whom he invested with considerable power. This book approaches James through the lens of his relationships with his major favorites. First was Anglo-French lord Esme DâAubigny, then Scottish squire Robert Carr (later Earl of Somerset), and finally the consummate nobleman George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. âA king will have need to use secrecy in many things,â the king wrote in one of his books. Although his private life was sometimes astonishingly visible, there are still many mysteries about James I as a man rather than a ruler. This work tracks the kingâs life from a barren childhood through a succession of plots, intrigues and conspiracies in Scotland which largely forged, or deformed, his character. Beyond his complex and disputed connection with these men the book looks at his relationship with his wife, sponsorship of the arts, and contains a reappraisal of the first and most neglected historical mystery of his first reign, the Gowrie Conspiracy.
Download or read book A history of the Scottish people from the earliest times written by Thomas Napier Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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