Böcker av Julian (Lecturer in Scottish History Goodare

Analyzing the institutions and political processes of Scottish government during a formative period, this title shows how the nobility and other interest groups made and implemented policies, from parliament to local courts. It also examines the expansion of Government and its harsh impact in the Highlands and among the common people.

This is the first full scholarly study of state formation and the exercise of state power in Scotland. It sets the Scottish state in a British and European context, revealing that Scotland - like larger and better-known states - developed a more integrated governmental system in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study provides an invaluable new contribution to the history of Scotland.