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A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland

Chapter 36: SCOTLAND
By Mary Platt Parmele
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A concise national narrative traces development from prehistoric Britain through Roman occupation, Anglo‑Saxon and Norman eras, medieval monarchy, Reformation, civil war, and the Victorian age, treating religion and money as central forces shaping institutions and constitutional change. It surveys key milestones such as Magna Carta, the origins of Parliament, Tudor and imperial expansion, and industrial and social reforms, while summarizing how Ireland and Scotland became linked to England. Chapters proceed chronologically, emphasizing legal, religious, and economic currents that underpin political evolution and offering brief illustrative episodes for general readers.


Iberians, 10

India, 140, 143, 164, 168

India, Viceroy of, 192-193

Ireland, 154, 159, 194


Jackson, General Andrew, 151

James I, of England, 96, 99, 102

James II, 123, 125

James IV, of Scotland, 90

James V, of Scotland, 91

James VI, of Scotland, 94

Jameson Raid, 182, 183

Jamestown, Virginia, 99

Jeffries, Chief Justice, 124

Jew, 36, 51, 53, 55

Joan of Arc, 65

John, Prince, 46

John of Gaunt, 62

Johnson, 153

Joubert, General, 185

Jutes, 22


Kaffir, 188

Katharine, Princess of Aragon, 73

Katharine, Princess, 65

Kelt, 20

Keltic-Aryans, 9

Keltic-Britons, 13, 55

Keltic-Gauls, 13

King's Court, 42, 45

Knox, John, 94

Kruger, Paul Stephanus, 177


Lancaster, Duke of, 62

Lancaster, House of, 62, 67, 71

Laud, Archbishop, 103, 111, 115

Leicester, Earl of, 95

Lexington, Battle of, 148

Lhassa, 193

Liberals, 137, 157

Lionel of York, 67

Lollards, 64

London, 11, 12, 35

Long Parliament, 114-120

Louis XIV, 126

Loyalists, 114

Luther, 74


Magna Charta, 49

Margaret, Princess, 90

Marlborough, Lord, 132

Mary Stuart, 81, 89, 96

Mary Tudor, 80

Massachusetts Charter, 107, 147

Massacre of St. Bartholomew's, 89

Matilda, 43

Mayflower, 98

Merchant Co., 89, 140

Metabeli, 178

Methodism, 141

Milner, Sir Alfred, 184

Milton, 124

Monopolies, 112

Montcalm, 140

More, Sir Thomas, 73, 95

Mortimer, 56

Motley, John, 186


Napoleon Bonaparte, 150

Naseby, Battle of, 117

Natal, 178

Netherlands, 186

New England, 98

Newton, 124

Nightingale, Florence, 164

Nonconformists, 195

Normandy, 42

North, Lord, 148

Northmen, 30


O'Connell, Daniel, 155

Opus Maius, 53

Orange Free State, 175, 179

Orleans, Battle of, 65

Ouck, Kingdom of, 165

Oxford, 52, 54, 59, 71


Parliament, 54, 62, 69, 88, 105

Parr, Katharine, 78

Peel, Sir Robert, 155

Petition of Right, 106, 127

Philip II, of Spain, 80, 85

Picts, 13, 14, 23

Pitt, William, 142, 145

Plantagenet, 44, 58

Plymouth, 99

Popular Sovereignty, 196

Presbyterianism, 114

Pretender, 131, 137

Pretender, the Young, 139

Protectorate, 119

Protestantism, 76, 83, 103, 121

Puritans, 84, 98, 104, 124

Pym, 104, 114, 116


Quebec, Battle of, 144


Railway, 154

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 89, 101

Reform Act, 156

Reformation, 75, 83

Rhodes, Cecil, 183

Richard I, "Coeur de Lion," 47

Richard II, 58

Richard, Duke of York, 62, 67, 70

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 70

Robert, Prince, 42

Roberts, General, 185

Robsart, Amy, 95

Romans, 11-16

Roundheads, 123, 137

Royalists, 113

Royal Society, 27

Russia, 160


Salisbury Plain, 10, 37

Scotland, 55, 90, 114

Scots, 13, 14

Scott, 153

Sepoy Rebellion, 165

Seven Years' War, 139

Severus, 14

Seymour, Jane, 78

Shelley, 154

Sheridan, 149, 153

Ship Money, 112, 146

Sidney, Sir Philip, 86

Simon de Montfort, 54

Solway Moss, 91

South Sea Bubble, 138

Southey, 153

Spanish Armada, 94

Spectator, 135

Spenser, 86

Stamp Act, 145

Star Chamber, 110, 115, 120

Statute of Heresy, 63

St. Bartholomew's Eve, 89

Steane, 135

Steele, 135

Stephen, King, 43

Stephenson, George, 154

Stonehenge, 10, 35

Strafford, Earl, 110, 114

Stuart, Charles Edward, 139

Stuart, House of, 91, 97, 123, 125, 139

Suez Canal, 171

Supremacy, Oath of, 155

Suzerainty, 180, 184

Sweyn, 31

Swift, 135

Sydenham Palace, 169


Tax on Tea, 146

Tennyson, 169

Thackeray, 169

Thomas à Becket, 44

Three Years' War, 189

Tibet, 192

Times, 149

Tory, 125, 132, 136, 146

Transvaal Republic, 178, 179, 180, 182

Tudor, House of, 71

Tyler, Wat, 58


Uitlanders, 182

United States, 149, 150


Victor, Prince, 187

Victoria, Accession of, 159

Virginia, Colonization of, 89


Wales, 55

Wales, Prince of, 55

Walpole, Horace, 153

Walpole, Robert, 136, 138

War of 1812 with United States, 150

Wars of the Roses, 62, 67

Warwick, Earl of, 66, 67

Washington, George, 148

Waterloo, 150

Watt, James, 150

Wellington, Duke of, 150, 154

Wentworth, Sir Thomas, 110

Wesley, John, 141

Westminster Abbey, 55

Whig, 125, 132, 136

White Ship, 43

Wickliffe, 59, 64

Wilberforce, 158

William the Conqueror, 32

William, Prince of Orange, 125, 128, 130, 137

William Rufus, 41

William IV, 156, 159

Witenagemot, 29

Wolfe, 140

Wolsey, Chancellor, 74


Yangtse Valley, 194

York, House of, 68

York, Princess Elizabeth of, 71



SCOTLAND

Aberdeen, University of, 297

Act of Royal Supremacy, 293

Agricola, 249

Albany, Duke of, 273, 274, 280

Alexander III, 258

Angles, 251

Annandale, Earl of, 264

Argyle, 251

Assembly, General, The, 287

Ayr, 268


Baliol, 258, 259, 262

Bannockburn, 268

Beaton, Cardinal, 283

Beaufort, Lady Jane, 276

Berwick, 268, 269

Birnam, 254

Boece, 252, 279

Bothwell, Earl of, 290

Boyds, 278

Bruce, 258, 262-271, 276, 296

Bruce, Marjory, 272

Bruis, Robert de, 261