- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- A Note about the Text
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Glasgow University to 1701
- 3 Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701–1725
- 4 Glasgow under the Campbells, 1725–1742
- 5 Squadrone Glasgow and the Return of the Duke of Argyll, 1742–1761
- 6 The Age of Bute and the Moderates
- 7 Glasgow University in the Age of Dundas
- 8 Edinburgh University to 1704
- 9 Edinburgh Appointments in the Faculty of Divinity
- 10 Chairs of Interest to Lawyers
- 11 Surgical and Medical Chairs
- 12 The Arts Chairs
- 13 The Arts Chairs, 1690–c. 1715
- 14 St Mary's College and Other Appointments, 1713–1747
- 15 The Untold Story
- 16 Thomas Tullideph's St Andrews, 1747–1777
- 17 The Dundas Era at St Andrews, 1780–1806
- 18 Summaries and Results
- I. Manuscripts Sources
- II. Unpublished Dissertations, Books and Articles
- III.Other Sources
- Appendices
- Appendix 2
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701–1725
Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701–1725
- Chapter:
- (p.43) 3 Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701–1725
- Source:
- Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment
- Author(s):
Roger L. Emerson
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter discusses the political environment of Stirling's early years as principal which was much like that of the 1690s — no political faction was dominant and the kaleidoscope of politics changed almost yearly as magnates struggled against one another to make the most of the pickings in the kingdom. It notes that the great issues of these years centred on what to do to make the Scottish state viable and how to improve it. It observes that the formation of more stable political groupings in the Scottish Parliament came about partly because of the positions taken by magnates and their family connections with respect to the Revolution of 1688 and the matter of Union with England.
Keywords: political environment, Stirling, principal, Scottish state, Scottish Parliament, Revolution
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- A Note about the Text
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Glasgow University to 1701
- 3 Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701–1725
- 4 Glasgow under the Campbells, 1725–1742
- 5 Squadrone Glasgow and the Return of the Duke of Argyll, 1742–1761
- 6 The Age of Bute and the Moderates
- 7 Glasgow University in the Age of Dundas
- 8 Edinburgh University to 1704
- 9 Edinburgh Appointments in the Faculty of Divinity
- 10 Chairs of Interest to Lawyers
- 11 Surgical and Medical Chairs
- 12 The Arts Chairs
- 13 The Arts Chairs, 1690–c. 1715
- 14 St Mary's College and Other Appointments, 1713–1747
- 15 The Untold Story
- 16 Thomas Tullideph's St Andrews, 1747–1777
- 17 The Dundas Era at St Andrews, 1780–1806
- 18 Summaries and Results
- I. Manuscripts Sources
- II. Unpublished Dissertations, Books and Articles
- III.Other Sources
- Appendices
- Appendix 2
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
