Abstract
In a contribution to the ongoing reassessment of the history of early modern state 'peripheries', I offer an interpretation of the strategies framed and adopted by different factions within an under-researched Hebridean kindred during a transformative period defined by the gradual extension of Crown authority. I analyse the different and surprisingly extensive geographical matrices within which the clan operated, ranging from the local micro-archipelago, through the regional Hebridean meso-archipelago, to the international macro-archipelago of the North-East Atlantic Group, as well as how opposing blocs within the kindred responded both to contingent events and to wider structural constraints and opportunities. As a spur for further research, the article offers a 'vernacular vantage-point', a perspective complementary to conventional government-focused approaches in the history of early modern state-building.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Castles and Galleys |
Subtitle of host publication | A Reassessment of the Historic Galley-Castles of the Norse-Gaelic Seaways |
Editors | Paula Martin |
Place of Publication | Laxay, Isle of Lewis |
Publisher | Islands Book Trust |
Pages | 172-195 |
Number of pages | 24 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-907443-76-3 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- state-building
- early modern history
- Hebrides
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Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI - Senior Lecturer, and course leader for MSc Cultar Dùthchasach agus Eachdraidh na Gàidhealtachd
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