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John Maitland of Thirlestane and the Foundation of the Stewart Despotism in Scotland
By (Author) Maurice Dupont Lee
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
941.105
Hardback
332
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
624g
When John Maitland accepted the office of Secretary of State to James VI of Scotland in 1584, he accepted the challenge of three of the most extraordinary and persistent threats to the power of the crown that a king's principal advisor ever faced: the Scottish aristocracy, the Kirk, and Queen Elizabeth of England. By the time of his death eleven ye