Promoting the Anglo-Scottish alliance of 1643
The Solemn League and Covenant and the parliamentary press in the first civil war
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joyce Macadam (0000-0001-8013-7127, Watford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 254 |
| Pages | 662-684 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.12226 |
| OpenAlex | W2800772902 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This article addresses the print campaign to promote the Anglo-Scottish alliance of 1643 and its accompanying Solemn League and Covenant oath, an exercise that was novel in its involvement of the emerging serial press. The study outlines the reasons for the campaign, records its backers and contributors, and sets out the difficulties it encountered. After examining the nature of the pamphlet literature associated with the 1643 Covenant, the article explores in detail the contribution to the debate made by the newsbook Mercurius Britanicus, a publication that was founded specifically to make the case for the Covenant and to encourage universal subscription to its accompanying oath
Alliance · Covenant · League · Oath · Political science · Spanish Civil War · Classics · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Scottish History and National Identity
Sir John Berkenhead, 1617-1679
The Civil Wars
Soldiers and Strangers
Politicians and Pamphleteers
People of the Covenant and the English Bible
The Meanings of “Malignancy”
The Barwis Affair
Oliver St. John and the ‘middle group’ in the Long Parliament
Presbyterianism in the City of London, 1645–1647
The ‘Northern Gentlemen’, the Parliamentary Independents, and Anglo-Scottish Relations in the Long Parliament
The Scottish Party in English Parliaments, 1640-2 or the Myth of the English Revolution
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |