Scotland under the Commonwealth is the history of the Kingdom of Scotland between the declaration that the kingdom was part of the Commonwealth of England in February 1652, and the Restoration of the monarchy with Scotland regaining its position as an independent kingdom, in June 1660.
The Scots holding the young Charles II's nose to the grindstone of the Engagement, from a satirical English pamphlet.
The Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, where the Tender of Union was proclaimed in February 1652
George Monck, the military governor of Scotland under the Commonwealth, who then played a key role in the end of the regime
John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton was a professional soldier and mercenary from Kincardineshire in Scotland. Beginning his career in the Thirty Years War, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms he fought for the Covenanters and Parliamentarians until 1648, when he switched sides to the Royalists.
