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    Fiscal revolution and state formation in mid seventeenth-century Scotland

    Stewart, Laura A.M. (2011) Fiscal revolution and state formation in mid seventeenth-century Scotland. Historical Research 84 (225), pp. 443-469. ISSN 0950-3471.

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    Abstract

    The rebellion against Charles I that began in Scotland in 1637 became the catalyst for a series of wars that spanned his British dominions. This article will show that the civil wars of the mid seventeenth century created the conditions for a fiscal revolution in Scotland. A preliminary analysis of the central and local government structures that enabled superior resource extraction suggests that the sixteen-forties was a period of accelerated development in the formation of the Scottish state. Although the parliamentary regime governing the country from 1638 did not survive the English invasion of 1650–1, its financial innovations would influence subsequent regimes for the rest of the century.

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    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Published online first
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies
    Depositing User: Administrator
    Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2010 10:47
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 16:54
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/2900

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