National Opinion and the Union Question in the Union of Crowns -

National Opinion and the Union Question in the Union of Crowns

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Between 1603 and 1707, Scottish monarchs also ruled England and made repeated attempts to bring the two kingdoms together in a complete union. Dr. Karin Bowie assesses the role that the Scottish parliament and the people were believed to have in this process, showing how anti-unionists insisted on parliamentary and ultimately popular approval of closer union in order to block the monarch’s aims.

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