The New History of ScotlandSeries Editor: Jenny WormaldA flagship series for Edinburgh University Press for many years, The New History of Scotland books have become classic texts. Written by authors at the forefront of their discipline, titles in this series provide an ideal introduction to Scottish history for students and for general readers. This popular and enduring series is now being updated with thoroughly revised editions both by original and by new authors.How did Scots live and change in the dying days of an independent kingdom?This essential history focuses on society and religious life in Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1625. It is now re-issued in the popular New History of Scotland series, with a contextual foreword by Keith Brown as tribute to the career of Jenny Wormald, who did so much to transform our understanding of early modern Scotland. The book traces the turbulent and often calamitous evolution of Scotland from medieval and feudal kingdom to modern state. Whilst undergoing the transformation in religious life from Catholic to Protestant, Scotland also had to contend with a changing monarchy and government, and with war. This introductory text covers all the key events of the period including Scotland's alliances with France, treaties with England, and the Union of the Crowns.

At the heart of the book is a detailed examination of the spiritual origins and secular effects of the Reformation as it transformed root and branch the older medieval structure of Scotland. JENNY WORMALD was Honorary Fellow in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. Her publications include Lords and Men in Scotland: Bonds of Manrent, 1442−1603 (1985) and Scotland: A History (2005, co-editor) and she was series editor of The New History of Scotland with Edinburgh University Press.Cover image: Statue of King James V of Scots on the exterior of the Royal Palace of Stirling Castle © David Robertson/scot-image.co.uk.Cover design:[EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-0-7486-1940-5 Barcode.