Description
This essay will discuss the development of the Scottish state in the 16th and 17th centuries, and how this affected the way in which the Scottish people exercised their power. The essay will also look at the relationship between Scotland and other European states, and how this affected the development of the Scottish state.
A 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 16th and 17th centuries.