Public Opinion in Early Modern Scotland, c.1560–1707

Karin Bowie (University of Glasgow)

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Cambridge University Press
17 December 2020

British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Public opinion & polls

Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

In early modern Scotland, religious and constitutional tensions created by Protestant reform and regal union stimulated the expression and regulation of opinion at large. Karin Bowie explores the rising prominence and changing dynamics of Scottish opinion politics in this tumultuous period. Assessing protestations, petitions, oaths, and oral and written modes of public communication, she addresses major debates on the fitness of the Habermasian model of the public sphere.

This study provides a historicised understanding of early modern public opinion, investigating how the crown and its opponents sought to shape opinion at large; the forms and language in which collective opinions were represented; and the difference this made to political outcomes. Focusing on modes of persuasive communication, it reveals the reworking of traditional vehicles into powerful tools for public resistance, allowing contemporaries to recognise collective opinion outside authorised assemblies and encouraging state efforts to control seemingly dangerous opinions.

By: Karin Bowie (University of Glasgow)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 150mm, Width: 230mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781108843478
ISBN 10: 1108843476
Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 17 December 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Protestations; 2. Petitions; 3. Oaths; 4. Public communications; 5. The inclinations of the people; 6. The sense of the nation.

Karin Bowie is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society where she received the David Berry prize in 2015. She is the author of Scottish Public Opinion in the Anglo-Scottish Union, 1699-1707 (2007) and articles in Scottish Affairs, Journal of British Studies, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies and the Scotsman.