Religious revolution and social crisis in southwest Scotland and Ulster, 1687-1714

Abstract

This thesis compares the experiences of the presbyterians of the west and southwest of Scotland and of the Irish province of Ulster during the twenty-five years following the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1689-90. This was not only a period of political and constitutional transition, and of an unexpected overturn of the religious establishment in Scotland, but also a time which saw immense social upheaval in both regions, including war, famine, and unprecedented levels of migration from Scotland to Ireland.