TY - BOOK ID - 86152358 TI - Public opinion in early modern Scotland, c.1560-1707 PY - 2020 SN - 9781108918787 9781108843478 9781108825184 1108911870 1108918786 110891134X 1108843476 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Public opinion KW - History KW - Scotland KW - Politics and government KW - Opinion, Public KW - Perception, Public KW - Popular opinion KW - Public perception KW - Public perceptions KW - Judgment KW - Social psychology KW - Attitude (Psychology) KW - Focus groups KW - Reputation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86152358 AB - In early modern Scotland, religious and constitutional tensions created by Protestant reform and regal union stimulated the expression and regulation of opinion at large. Karin Bowie explores the rising prominence and changing dynamics of Scottish opinion politics in this tumultuous period. Assessing protestations, petitions, oaths, and oral and written modes of public communication, she addresses major debates on the fitness of the Habermasian model of the public sphere. This study provides a historicised understanding of early modern public opinion, investigating how the crown and its opponents sought to shape opinion at large; the forms and language in which collective opinions were represented; and the difference this made to political outcomes. Focusing on modes of persuasive communication, it reveals the reworking of traditional vehicles into powerful tools for public resistance, allowing contemporaries to recognise collective opinion outside authorised assemblies and encouraging state efforts to control seemingly dangerous opinions. ER -