Series 4 > Volume 21 - Jacobean Union
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| Description | Six tracts of 1604 edited by Bruce R. Galloway and Brian P. Levack. Includes the Report of the 97th Annual Meeting. Contents: Introduction -- Of the union of Britayne / by R. Pont -- A treatise about the union of England and Scotland -- A treatise of the happie and blissed unioun / by J. Russell -- A brief consideracion of the unyon of twoe kingedomes / by J. Doddridge -- Of the union / by Sir H. Spelman --Historicall collections / by Sir H. Savile -- Appendix: Tracts and treatises on the union, 1603-1605. The Regal Union of England and Scotland took place in March 1603 when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne. In order to strengthen the regal union James set out to reduce these differences. As a result, a large number of tracts were written on "the union" in both countries. The main purpose of this volume is to expand the amount of readily accessible material by printing six of the more important treatises -- Introd. |
| Shelfmark | SCS.SHS.157 |
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