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Book SynopsisExamines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707. This book examines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707. For most of the century the Scottish crown had no separate naval force which made the Stuart monarchs' navy, seen by them as a personal not a state force, unusual in being an institution which had a relationship with both kingdoms. This did not necessarily make the navy a shared organisation, as it continued to be financed from and based in England and was predominantly English. Nevertheless, the navy is an unusually good prism through which the nature of the regal union can be interrogated as English commanded ships interacted with Scottish authorities, and as Scots looked to the navy for protection from foreign invaders, such as the Dutch in the Forth in 1667, and for Scottish merchant ships trading with the Baltic and elsewhere. These interactions were often harmonious, but there were also many instances of tensions, particularly in the 1690s. The book illustrates both the ambiguous relationship between England and Scotland in the seventeenth century and also the navy's under-appreciated role in creating the political union of Britain.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Note on Conventions Introduction: New Histories and Composite Monarchies I. Aspiration 1603-52 1. A Whole Isle: Jacobean navy and union 2. Union of Arms: War against France and Spain 1625-30 3. Sovereignty of the British Seas: Union of maritime rights? 4. Covenant and Union: The navy and the formulation of Covenanter policy 5. Engagement and Conquest: Sea power and the Covenanters' defeat II. Integration 1652-88 6. Accessory Union: The Cromwellian occupation 7. Lowestoft to Leith: The Second Dutch War 8. Britannia: British aspects of the Restoration navy 9. Toward Union of the Admiralties: British command in the Restoration era III. Disruption 1688-170710. Revolution: The navy and the Franco-Jacobite threat 11. Embargo: Tensions surrounding economic warfare at sea 12. One Navy to Two: The rebirth of a Scottish squadron 13. Acts and Wars of Succession: The two navies to the union 14. Parliamentary Union: The navy in the union debate Conclusion: A Shared Institution? Bibliography Index
