The Scottish Covenanters.

London: Hodder and Stoughton,1887.. Pp.viii/184/20(ads), inscribed "To Nina Cameron with the best wishes of her Grandpapa the Author. April 28th 1888" to front free endpaper, armorial bookplate Convent of the Immaculate Conception OSF Bocking Essex to inside front board. Blue illustrated cloth, gilt title to front and spine, colour faded to spine and edges of boards. Good. "Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name derived from Covenant, a biblical term for a bond or agreement with God. The origins of the movement lay in disputes with James VI & I, and his son Charles I of England over church structure and doctrine. In 1638, thousands of Scots signed the National Covenant, pledging to resist changes imposed by Charles on the kirk; following victory in the 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars, the Covenanters took control of Scotland...After the 1660 Restoration, the Covenanters lost control of the kirk and became a persecuted minority, leading to several armed rebellions and a period from 1679 to 1688 known as "The Killing Time". Following the 1688 Glorious Revolution in Scotland, the Church of Scotland was re-established as a wholly Presbyterian structure and most Covenanters readmitted. This marked the end of their existence as a significant movement, although dissident minorities persisted in Scotland, Ireland, and North America". (wiki).