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阿盖尔伯爵五世阿奇博尔德·坎贝尔的友谊、联盟、纽带和亲属关系，以研究不同的二人组如何管理他的个人和政治决策。Argyll是一位低地大亨和高地酋长，他在更广泛的英国背景下成功地运作，而不是仅限于英格兰、爱尔兰或苏格兰的事务，但由于他的权力基础位于外围，一直被历史学家忽视。伯爵成功的关键是跨越文化和国家边界的广泛的联盟和友谊网络。研究问题(1)谁是阿盖尔委托管理他的遗产和宫廷事务的人？在高地和低地，谁被招募来看管部落土地，是否存在文化差异？(2)阿尔盖尔更广泛的友谊网络如何塑造了他在忏悔和政治上的忠诚？这是增强还是削弱了他在宫廷和氏族首领的地位？(3)在争夺爱尔兰控制权的斗争中，阿盖尔与爱尔兰酋长和他们的对手--英国在都柏林的代表--保持了多大程度的友谊？威廉·塞西尔等英国官员如何看待他在爱尔兰北部的参与？

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?