Excerpt from Spanish Influences in Scottish History<br><br>To no country was the new attitude of the Scottish people more important than to Spain, for whom the period meant the union Of her territorial divisions, the rise of her overseas empire, and the consequent genesis of the commercial struggle with England which was soon merged in the pro tracted war of the counter-reformation. The geographical position of Scotland made her a factor of extreme importance in the international Situation, and gave the Catholic Revolt in Scotland, which owed much of its strength to the diplo matic intrigues of Spain, European significance.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.