Political Society in Eighteenth Century Scotland - impact of the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370879
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUZONO SHIN 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (60239019)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: スコットランド / 合同 / エジンバラ市政 / スコットランド貴族 / スコットランド法曹 / 貴族法案

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I have analysed the Anglo-Scottish Union from the political points of view. As the Scottish public records do not inform us much about political realities,
I mainly made use of MS sources of such Scots lay peers as the dukes of Hamilton and Roxburghe. In my studies, I have considered the following points. 1. The Scottish Parliament before the Union, and the political behaviours of Scots representatives at Westminster parliament after the Union 2. The Scottish peerage and their politics in the early eighteenth century, especially the “Peerage Bill Crisis” in 1719　 3. The Union and the political behaviours of Scots lawyers 4. The Union and the City of Edinburgh, the attitude of the Edinburgh town council towards the Union

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