John Maitland of Thirlestane and the Foundation of the Stewart Despotism in Scotland

M. du P. Lee, Jr.

John Maitland of Thirlestane and the Foundation of the Stewart Despotism in Scotland
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
28 June 2016
Pages
332
ISBN
9780691652627

John Maitland of Thirlestane and the Foundation of the Stewart Despotism in Scotland

M. du P. Lee, Jr.

When John Maitland accepted the office of Secretary of State to James VI of Scotland in 1584, he accepted the challenge of three of the most extraordinary and persistent threats to the power of the crown that a king’s principal advisor ever faced: the Scottish aristocracy, the Kirk, and Queen Elizabeth of England. By the time of his death eleven ye

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