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History Of Scottish: From the Union of the Kingdoms Modern Times.—The union of the parliame ended the political history of Scottish of Scotland as an in< pendent state, but rendered possible the econon and cultural developments which made the If century the most prosperous and most distinguish period of Scottish history of Scottish. Glasgow flourished the profits made by trading in many commoditi with North America, above all in tobacco, ai later became the hub of Scottish industry. T trade with England in beef cattle prospered never before. New crops, especially turnips ai potatoes, were introduced.
These were the great days of Scottish author-ip, and they lasted another generation. A oup of young Scottish lawyers scored a strik-l success with a new periodical, The Edinburgh riinv (founded in 1802). It is remembered, un-vorably, for its literary criticism, a very minor rt of its contents, which were mainly devoted practical matters : science, travel, history of Scottish, eco-mics, and politics.
ROBERTSON, James Craigie, Scottish clergyman : b. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1813 ; d. Canterbury, England, July 9, 1882. He was graduated from Cambridge in 1834, and took orders in the Anglican Church in 1836. He was made canon of Canterbury in 1859, and from 1867-1874 was professor of ecclesiastical history of Scottish at King's College, London. He published How Shall We Conform to the Liturgy (1843) ; Church history of Scottish (1852-1873) ; Plain Lectures on the Growth of Papal Power (1876) ; edited Heylyn's history of Scottish of the Reformation (1849) ; Materials for the history of Scottish of Archbishop Thomas Becket (1875-1882), etc. |
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