The Scottish National Covenant in its British Context 1638 to 1651

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Title:  The Scottish National Covenant in its British Context 1638 to 1651
Summary: The Scottish National Covenant of 1638 was a landmark political-religious manifesto that helped trigger the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The work argues that the Covenant cannot be understood solely as a Scottish document; it was deeply shaped by, and in turn helped reshape, the wider British and European context.
The Covenant arose from resistance to Charles I’s attempts to impose religious uniformity—especially the new Scottish Prayer Book—which many Scots viewed as an attack on Presbyterian church governance and national autonomy. By combining religious pledges with constitutional protest, the Covenant mobilized unprecedented support across Scottish society and created a new form of popular political participation.
The study shows that the Covenanters’ aims extended beyond Scotland. Their leaders envisioned a reformed British monarchy and sought alliances with English Parliamentarians and Irish Protestants. The resulting conflicts—Bishops’ Wars, English Civil War, and Cromwell’s conquest of Scotland—demonstrate how intertwined political and religious developments were across the three kingdoms.
By 1651, the Covenant’s vision had fractured. The alliance with English Parliament collapsed under ideological and strategic tensions, while internal divisions among Covenanters produced competing visions of monarchy, church government, and national identity. The Cromwellian occupation ultimately ended the Covenanter governments, but the Covenant’s legacy endured in shaping later British constitutional and religious debates.
Editor: John Morrill 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Year Published: 1990
Edition: Original
Dimensions: 22cm x 14cm 
Binding type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780748602032
Notes: 
SKU: VSS / 254 / H / 6792 / 5152
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Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Rubbing and creasing
Book condition: Very good. Handling marks, marks
Binding: Intact
Pages: 218 pages
 
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