Consultation and Consent Under James Vi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan R Macdonald (0000-0002-3032-0086, University of Dundee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-306 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x11000021 |
| OpenAlex | W2316324306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
Divisions in the Scottish political community that were evident by the end of the reign of James VI have been posited as roots of the Scottish revolution of 1638 and the wars of the three kingdoms. This article argues that the disengagement of central government from the political nation at large was a key factor in this development. By demonstrating the frequency of conventions of the estates, it highlights the intensity of consultation in James's Scottish government before 1603. A sudden decline in their frequency thereafter was symptomatic of a wider failure of government to adapt to the absence of the king in the context of a composite monarchy. While correspondence between the king and the privy council was copious, communication between the council and the political elites of Scotland withered. Without conventions of the estates as a vital point of contact in which new policies could be tested and negotiated, parliaments became more disagreeable. The crown's reliance on unprecedented levels of management and increased central direction alienated a significant proportion of the political elite, driving them into the oppositional stance which endured through the reign of Charles I
Absolute monarchy · Archaeology · Constitutional monarchy · Context (archaeology · Disengagement theory · Economic history · Elite · Government (linguistics · Monarchy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reign · Sociology · Throne · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Scottish History and National Identity
The Scottish Parliament and its early modern ‘rivals’
The Scottish Progress of James VI, 1617
The Admission of Lairds to the Scottish Parliament
James Vi and I, the Church of Scotland, and British Ecclesiastical Convergence
The Scottish parliament of 1621
From Whitehall to Jedburgh
A Europe of Composite Monarchies
The debts of James VI of Scotland1
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |