{"product_id":"scotlands-turmoil","title":"Scotland's Turmoil","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the centuries which are the\nfocus of this book, Scotland was going though a period of profound and often\nviolent change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the Americas having been recently\ndiscovered in 1492, awareness of other continents’ cultures and natural wonders\nwas fast increasing– though both cultures and wonders were often mistreated by\ncolonialists and traders. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, the recently invented printing press\nallowed ideas and information to spread more quickly over long distances,\nthereby adding to the atmosphere of national upheaval and disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the sphere of politics, influential and\nseditious texts challenged the most powerful institutions which had ruled\nEurope during the preceding centuries – not least among them, the Catholic\nChurch – and the feudal form of social control, under which a small class of\nhereditary aristocrats had ruled over the poor and powerless masses, was being\ncalled into question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolitics and religion,\nespecially forms of worship, were closely intertwined in a way that is hard to\nfully grasp today and in each was to be found the cause for civil strife and\nappalling violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs in other countries, Scotland became\ngripped by the Protestant Reformation and saw new social groups with new\nworldviews rise into the ranks of the powerful. This involved not just a clash\nof ideas and of values, but also frequent episodes of prolonged war and often\nirreconcilable division. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexus Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55674868859224,"sku":"9781904737742","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781904737742.jpg?v=1778001321","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/scotlands-turmoil","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}