The Seventeenth Century 201

the personal union produced when James VI succeeded
Elizabeth I in England.1264 Shaw's study of the reformed
church in the rest of the century helps to establish the new
conviction that reform came to Scotland by stages and not
like a thunderclap at the behest of Knox,1263 Lee's highly
competent studies of three leading politicians offer much
assistance to a better understanding of Queen Mary's reign.1286
Scotland's backward economy is well described by Lythe.1287

(C) THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

This is the century when the fate of both realms was most
manifestly tied up with the fortunes of a Scottish dynasty and
its Scottish policy* It is therefore sad to have virtually nothing
to report. Nobbs' brief introduction at least brings out the
problems to which research ought to be attending.128S
Mathew's social history is superficial.1269 Trevor-Roper's long
article, on the other hand, which could profitably have be-
come a book, offers many striking insights into the society
and the affairs of a country much torn by tradition and
religion at a time of deepest humiliation.1870 Two works assist

!*«* Gordon Donaldson, 'Foundations of Anglo-Scottish Union*,

Neale Ft (n. 125), 282-314.
lies Duncan Shaw, The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland.

Edinburgh: St Andrew Press: 1964. Pp. xii, 261.
i««« Maurice Lee, James Steward, Earl of Moray: a political study of the

Reformation in Scotland. New York: Columbia UP: 1953. Pp, xi,

320. Rev: AHR 59, losf. -Idem, JoknMaitfandofTkirlesfancand

the Foundations of Stuart Despotism m Scotland, Prineetoi* UP: 1959.

Pp. xii, 314. Rev: EHR 76, 1478! - Idem, 'The fall of the regent

Morton: a problem in satellite diplomacy', JMH 28 (1956),

111-29.
«67 S. G, E. Lythe, The Economy of Scotland m its Etanpean Setting,

1550-1625. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd: 1960. Pp. viii, 277.

Rev: EHR 77, I52f.
i**8 Douglas Nobbs, England and Scotland, 1360 -1707. L: HutcMmoo:

1952. Pp. xxi, 173.
«* David Mathew, Scotland under Charles /. L: Eyre & Spottiswoock:

1955- ?P- xiv, 320.
lt7* Hugh R. Trevor-Roper, 'Scotland and the Puritan Revolution*,

Ogg Ft (n. 129), 78-130.