James, Duke of York and Albany (and court culture in Edinburgh) [ Aristocracy / Cities ]
… Gallery, NPG 666, 1684. Abstract This entry explains how the stay of James, Duke of York and Albany, and his court in Edinburgh (1679-1682) changed some of its forms of sociability. Indeed, it refashioned a royal court in the Scottish … Catholicism Court Elite Merchants Patronage Scotland James of York and Albany came with his family and court to Edinburgh for two stays between 1679 and 1682, which radically changed the structure and the manners of society there. … not hosted any royal court since the visit of Charles I in 1633 for his coronation. Since then, the social structure of Edinburgh had changed considerably. A new elite had appeared, composed mainly of traders and merchants. With the trade …
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