FURTHER READING
The Scottish privy council during its premodern existence was sometimes called the ‘secret council’, even though that label was also used to indicate an inner circle within the council itself. The history of the institution, although it was in plain sight for at least 200 years, is also something of a secret, particularly in its last two decades following the revolution of 1689. The Leverhulme Trust funded Scottish Privy Council Project (SPCP), a collaboration between the universities of Stirling and Dundee, is seeking to shed new light on this important national institution.