James, Duke of York and Albany (and court culture in Edinburgh) [ Aristocracy / Cities ]
… was dealing with Covenanters’ rebellions. These radical Presbyterians were refusing to swear allegiance to the king’s authority on the Church and kept holding illegal conventicles. The capital city was witnessing trials and executions. … The fact that his court moved in with him or lived in the vicinity played a central part in the promotion of the royal authority and patronage. The courtiers recovered their traditional status as the town’s elite and became the examples to … Duke considered the nobility and the merchants of Edinburgh as being indeed loyal to him, to the royal cause and to his authority. 3 The capital city of Scotland had recovered its status of royal burgh, which had seemed forgotten. 2 . …
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