14 - scotland in personal rule

Question 1

sutuation in scotalnd before personl rule

Answer 1

charles showed litle bother abotu scotland
scotland receieved barely any royal patronage and excluded from enaglands overseas trade
nobility felt alienated by the crown (who had revoked all lands granted to them by the corwn sice 1540)

Question 2

imposition of a new prayer book

Answer 2

charles instructed scottish bishops to -
* draw up a new prayer book thatw as based on the english vrsion
* produced cannons which stipulated theeast-end altar tables, kneeling and practising confesssion (caused offence obvs)
* no constulation with clergy about the book an was just imposed by royal decree

Question 3

reactions to the imposition of the prayer book

Answer 3

the fact that the book was simply imposed upon the nation caused riots, such as in edinburgh in 1637

Question 4

charles’ reaction to upset over the prayer book

Answer 4

issues a proclomation in 1638 stating that protest against prayer book was treason .
he scosts wrote a covenant instead, which 100,000s signed
he sent hamilton to negotiate and allowed hgi to make promises he had no intention of keeping