Kin, Clients, Friends, and Allies: the Social Networks of Archibald Campbell, fifth earl of Argyll

拟议的博士项目将研究友谊，联盟，债券和阿奇博尔德坎贝尔，阿盖尔的第五代亲属关系，研究如何不同的二对支配他的个人和政治决策。阿盖尔是一位低地的大亨和高地的酋长，他在更广泛的英国背景下成功地运作，而不仅仅局限于英格兰、爱尔兰或苏格兰事务，但由于他的权力基础位于周边地区，他一直被历史学家忽视。阿盖尔家族成功的关键在于其广泛的联盟和友谊网络，这些联盟和友谊跨越了文化和国家的边界。研究问题（1）阿盖尔委托谁来管理他的财产和管理他在宫廷中的事务？被招募来照看高地部落土地或低地庄园的人之间是否存在文化差异？(2)阿盖尔更广泛的友谊网络是如何塑造他的忏悔和政治信仰的？这是巩固还是削弱了他在朝廷和族长的地位？(3)阿盖尔在多大程度上与爱尔兰酋长和他们在争夺爱尔兰控制权的斗争中的对手，即在都柏林的英国代表保持着友谊？像威廉塞西尔这样的英国官员是如何看待他在爱尔兰北部的参与的？

The proposed PhD project will examine the friendships, alliances, bonds and kinship ties of Archibald Campbell, fifth earl of Argyll to study how different dyads governed his personal and political decision-making. Argyll, a Lowland magnate and Highland chief, operated successfully in a wider British context rather than confining himself to English, Irish or Scottish affairs only but has been neglected by historians on grounds of his powerbase being located in the peripheries. The key to the earl's success was in an extensive network of alliances and friendships which crossed cultural and national frontiers alike.Research questions(1) Who were the people Argyll entrusted with the administration of his estates and the management of his affairs at court? Were there cultural differences between who was recruited to look after clan lands in the Highlands or estates in the Lowlands?(2) How did Argyll's wider friendship network shape his confessional and political allegiances? Did it bolster or undermine his standing at court and as clan chief respectively?(3) To what extent did Argyll maintain friendships with both the Irish chiefs and their opponents in the struggle for control of Ireland, the English representatives in Dublin? How did English officials such as William Cecil view his involvement in the north of Ireland?