Explain the factors that lead to Charles I’s decision to impose a prayer book on Scotland in 1637. Evaluate the political‚ religious and social consequences of the decision. Charles’ decision to impose a prayer book on Scotland in 1637 proved to be an ill-advised move. It was due in part to Charles’ obsession with creating a unified Kingdom based on his strongly held Laudian religious ideas. Without understanding the Scottish plight he brashly introduced the prayer book‚ triggering a Scottish backlash
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the song “Whiskey in the Jar” famous – and the modern “folk” tradition‚ as well as what goes under the name “Celtic music”. The term “Celtic music” usually combines Irish traditional music with various other traditional musics‚ including those of Scotland and the Shetland Islands; Cape Breton Island‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada; Wales; the Isle of Man; Northumberland in northern England; Brittany in northwestern France; and sometimes Galicia in northwestern Spain. The term‚ though widely used‚ is eschewed
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constantly faced difficulties with parliament. These difficulties weren’t simply limited to his determination to seek a union with Scotland‚ there were far more issues and instances which caused difficulties with parliament such as clashes between royal prerogative and parliamentary privilege‚ finance and how James raised money. James’ proposition for union with Scotland caused many difficulties with parliament as he was hugely enthusiastic about it‚ yet on the other hand parliament despised the thought
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the late 12th to early 14th centuries‚ when Scotland fought battles to establish its independence from England. Two great heroes of the Wars of Independence were‚ Sir William Wallace‚ a commoner‚ and Robert the Bruce‚ who after great difficulties‚ was crowned king of Scotland. England‚ under Edward I had brought both Wales and Ireland under its rule‚ and it wanted to expand its influence over Scotland. England ’s first strategy for taking over Scotland was undone when‚ the
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Orale d’anglais spé : I am going talk about the : First of all I would like to give a definition of this notion: Locations and forms of power: (also called Places and forms of power or Seats and forms of power) In order to begin my presentation about form and location of power‚ it will be necessary for me to define what power means. In the dictionary‚ power refers to the ability to control others‚ events‚ or ressources‚ the ability to make things happen despite obstacles‚ resistance‚ or opposition
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charges within the NHS‚ the ideology behind it and its impact on women‚ different ethnicities and those living in poverty. It will then go on to analyse the differences in formation and adaption of this policy from devolved governments in Wales and Scotland. Before the start of the ‘welfare state’ in 1948‚ the majority of Health and Social care services were subsidised by benevolent donations to voluntary hospitals‚ or through service users paying for their own care (Thornes‚ 2000:97). This is due
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Separatism is the wanting or succession of being separate and splitting from a main country‚ usually because they no longer identify with the main body they are attached/part of. As a result‚ they feel isolated and excluded from the main body and wish to no longer be a part of it‚ which can often result in peaceful separation from that body‚ however it is sometimes very violent and may bring about more negatives than positives. Separatism is often the result of certain needs or reasons that the
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Scottish the battle was a resounding and decisive victory. Robert the Bruce won total militarial control and de facto political independence of Scotland. Robert the Bruce’s victory at Bannockburn ended any realistic Plantagenet claim to the Scottish throne. In the year 1314‚ Bannockburn was a small village immediately south of the city of Stirling in central Scotland. Bannockburn took it’s name after the Bannock Burn‚ a stream that ran west and through the village. The two armies are suggested to have met
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Scottish literary language aside until it disappeared. However‚ after 1707 it was brought back to life‚ to reach its peak in Robert Burns’ poetry. The Union of Parliaments in 1707 resulted in the end of the Scottish Parliament’s existence‚ making Scotland a part of Great Britain. This was a blow to the already wounded Scottish pride. Since there wasn’t much Scotts could do to affect the unpleasant changes‚ they turned to the literary past. The interest in collecting and reviving the traditional literature
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English perspective The English purpose was to ensure that Scotland would not choose a monarch different from the one on the English throne. The two countries had shared a king for much of the previous century‚ but the English were concerned that an independent Scotland with a different king‚ even if he were a Protestant‚ might make alliances against England. The English succession was provided for by the English Act of Settlement 1701‚ which ensured that the monarch of England would be a Protestant
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