Laura Stewart describes how Scots defied their king by swearing a covenant that included women.
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A careful look at how one covenant turned faith into political resistance.
A 1638 covenant in Edinburgh opens into a broader argument about authority, worship, and the limits of obedience to a king. It treats the Covenant as both an act of collective defiance and, for some signers, a bid to restore order and faith.
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