Acknowledgments IX
Introduction 1
1
Compromised Authority and Confinement in The Fortunes of Nigel and Woodstock 22
The Otherness of Scotland in The Fortunes of Nigel 24
The Political Significance of Locale and Language in Woodstock 34
2
Governance and Agency in Woodstock and Peveril of the Peak 49
A Geopolitical Mapping of Woodstock 51
The Centrality of Martindale 60
Placing Legal and Judicial Sovereignty in Woodstock and Peveril of the Peak 68
3
Oppression, Justice and Monarchy in Peveril of the Peak and The Heart of Mid-Lothian 73
Marginalization, Exploitation and Powerlessness in Peveril of the Peak 77
Cultural Imperialism, Violence and Distance in The Heart of Mid-Lothian 87
4
Landscaping Justice, Rebellion and Dynastic Failure in The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Waverley and Redgauntlet 100
A Just Landscape in The Heart of Mid-Lothian 102
Place and Rebellion in Waverley 111
Locale and Dynastic Failure in Redgauntlet 118
Marginalized Sovereignty in Waverley and Redgauntlet 123
5
The Royal Presence as Locale: Rehabilitating the Stuart and Hanoverian Monarchies 130
James I: “I shall never see such another king” 133
Charles I and Charles II 144
Caroline: “But I am a woman and you are a man” 156
Charles Edward Stuart, George II and George III 165
Conclusion: Homecoming, Return and Journey’s End 183
Appendix: Sources for Scott’s Characterization of James VI and I 193
Select Bibliography 195
Index 224