The Quarterly Review, Vol. 154

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Excerpt from The Quarterly Review, Vol. 154: July and October, 1882These restraints, however, were wholly lacking in Scotland. Whilst Charles could not command the services of a single Scottish soldier, the armed retainers of the nobility and the parochial organization of the Scotch Church system supplied materials for a sudden and universal revolt. The new Prayer book caused the explosion. It was to Scotland both a national insult and a religious abomination. Within a few months after the riot in the Cathedral Church of Edinburgh, upon that memorable Sunday, J uly 23, 1637 the whole country was in insurrection. Scotland substituted the Covenant for the Oath of allegiance held its N ational Assembly in defiance of the King's command abolished Episcopacy, and, as an independent nation, entered into negociations with F rance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.