'Dearest Brother'
Lauderdale, Tweedale and Scottish Politics, 1660-1674
- 288 pages
- English
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About this book
This book provides the first detailed account of the course of Scottish politics in the reign of Charles II. It focuses on the years from 1667 to 1673, when, for the only time in the Restoration era, Scottish political leaders were able to make policy for Scotland with minimal interference from London and with Scottish interests chiefly in mind.
The key players were the secretary of state, John Maitland, who was earl of Lauderdale and resident at court, and his chief agent in Edinburgh, John Hay, earl of Tweeddale, his first cousin, who became his 'dearest brother' when Tweeddale's son married Lauderdale's daughter. A third indispensible member of the group was Sir Robert Moray, their cousin by marriage, King Charles's fellow chemist and close friend. Together the three inaugurated a programme of reform which had some initial success but in the end foundered on political and personal disagreements.
Maurice Lee makes effective use of the unpublished correspondence of the three, among themselves and with others, in telling the melancholy tale of the regime of this triumvirate for the first time.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Contents
- 1. Medieval Scottish Lordship and the Historians
- 2. The Language of Lordship
- 3. The Rise of the Personal Bond
- 4. The Content of Bonds of Manrent
- 5. ‘Kin, Freindis, Allya and Parttakaris’
- 6. The Shape of the Affinity: Principles and Personalities
- 7. The Peace in the Bond
- 8. Uncertain Allies: Burghs and Politicians
- 9. The End of Bonding
- Appendix A. Bonds and Contracts of Manrent and Maintenance
- Appendix B. Contracts and Bonds of Friendship
- Appendix C. Political and Religious Bonds
- Appendix D. Examples of Bonds of Manrent, Maintenance and Friendship
- Notes
- Addenda
- Glossary
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index