James, Duke of York and Albany (and court culture in Edinburgh) [ Aristocracy / Cities ]
… to be the elite. People > Aristocracy Places > Cities Mots-clés Aristocracy 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 … However, the departure of the Stuart court for England deprived Edinburgh of its wealthiest clients. Those who stayed in Scotland or eventually came back, such as the well-off aristocracy, the members of the Parliament or the Magistrates, … Edinburgh’s society and forms of sociability were profoundly altered. Prince James, Duke of York and Albany, was sent to Scotland by his brother, Charles II, in October 1679, because of his declared Catholicism. Since the prince was facing …
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