History, literature, and music in Scotland, 700-1560 / edited by R. Andrew McDonald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McDonald, R. Andrew (Russell Andrew), 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Scottish authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

Scottish literature--To 1700--History and criticism.

Scottish literature.

Music--Scotland--History and criticism.

Music.

Scotland--History--To 1603.

Scotland.

Scotland--In literature.

Scotland--Civilization.

Genre:

History.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

McDonald brings together contributions from scholars working in different disciplines but with a common interest in this history and society of Scotland between AD 700 and AD 1560.

Contents:

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Timeline

Scottish Monarchs, c. 500�1542

Abbreviations

Introduction: Medieval Scotland and the New Millennium

1. The Scottish Gaze

2. Earls and Saints: Early Christianity in Norse Orkney and the Legend of Magnus Erlendsson

3. 'Soldiers Most Unfortunate': Gaelic and Scoto-Norse Opponents of the Canmore Dynasty, c. 1100�c. 1230

4. 'Off quhat nacioun art thow?' National Identity in Blind Hary's Wallace

5. Carnival at Court and Dunbar in the Underworld

6. 'Many Injurious Words': Defamation and Gender in Late Medieval Scotland7. Tudor Family Politics in Early Sixteenth-Century Scotland

8. Commeationis et affinitatis gratia: Medieval Musical Relations between Scotland and Ireland

Notes on Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-7579-9

OCLC:

1013939204