The Scots in early Stuart Ireland

<p>Exploring Irish-Scottish connections in the period 1603-60 this book brings important new perspectives to the study of the early Stuart state. Acknowledging the pivotal role of the Hiberno-Scottish world it identifies some of the limits of England's Anglicising influence in the northern and western 'British Isles' and the often slight basis on which the Stuart pursuit of a new 'British' consciousness operated. <br><br>Regarding the Anglo-Scottish relationship it was chiefly in Ireland that the English and Scots intermingled after 1603 with a variety of consequences often destabilising. The importance of the Gaelic sphere in Irish-Scottish connections also receives much greater attention here than in previous accounts. This Gaedhealtacht played a central role in the transmission of religious radicalism both Catholic and Protestant in Ireland and Scotland ultimately leading to political crisis and revolution within the British Isles.</p>