The Solemn League and Covenant and the making of a people in Ulster

Spurlock, R. S. (2020) The Solemn League and Covenant and the making of a people in Ulster. Scottish Historical Review, 99(S), pp. 368-391. (doi: 10.3366/shr.2020.0487)

Abstract

This article frames the reception of the Solemn League and Covenant within the context of seventeenth-century plantation culture in Ulster. While generally accepted as an important moment in the politics of Ireland, its significance and contemporary meaning for subscribers has been under appreciated. Moving beyond the broader three kingdoms metanarrative, it is argued the inclusion of Ireland in the Solemn League and Covenant had local roots: the calculated actions of a growing network of Protestant planters in the North of Ireland who invoked a Scottish-inspired Biblical typology as a means of securing a firmer identity and a more permanent community.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Spurlock, Professor Scott
• Authors: Spurlock, R. S.
• Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity; B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations; D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Theology and Religious Studies
• Journal Name: Scottish Historical Review
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• ISSN: 0036-9241
• ISSN (Online): 1750-0222
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Scottish Historical Review Trust
• First Published: First published in Scottish Historical Review 99(S):368-391
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy