A protestant lord in James VI's Scotland : George Keith, Fifth Earl Marischal (1554-1623)
Kerr-Peterson, Miles2019
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George Keith, fifth Earl Marischal, is an outstanding example of long-term successful Protestant Lordship in the reign of James VI. The founder of Marischal College in Aberdeen and the towns of Peterhead and Stonehaven, reputed to be the richest earl in Scotland, Marischal and his kindred were witness to a Scotland reeling from the consequences of the Protestant Reformation and coming to terms with their ambitious new king, who would be whisked away to England in 1603. This book explores Marischal's political struggles in the north east and at court, and his strategies in managing the kindred throughout these storms.
Main title:
A protestant lord in James VI's Scotland : George Keith, Fifth Earl Marischal (1554-1623) / Miles Kerr-Peterson.
Author:
Kerr-Peterson, Miles, author
Imprint:
Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2019.
Collation:
xv, 238 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
Contents:
List of illustrations - - Acknowledgements - - Conventions - - Abbreviations - - Introduction - - Inheritance and education, 1513-1582 - - Three feuds and Jacobean politics, 1582-1595 - - Service to the state, 1595-1623 - - Defending the borders of the earldom, 1595-1623 - - Family strategies and crises, 1595-1623 - - Lordship and the reformed kirk, 1560-1623 - - Economic activities, 1581-1623 - - Marischal College, 1593-1623 - - Conclusion - - Appendices: genealogies - - Bibliography - - Index.
ISBN:
9781783273768 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.1061092
LC class:
DA790.K4
Local class:
F2KEIF2 KEI920.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2469100