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The kings of Alba : c.1000-c.1130 / Alasdair Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Alasdair, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scotland--Kings and rulers.
- Scotland.
- Alba (Kingdom).
- Scotland--History--1057-1603.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : John Donald, [2011]
- Summary:
- The events of 1000-1130 AD are crucial in terms of the development of the kingdom of the Scots, and yet it remains one of the least researched periods in Scottish history. This book charts in fascinating and bloody detail the political machination of key players and the progression made towards a unified kingdom.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Rising Sun: Environment and Landscape, c.1000-c.1130
- Assessing the environment and economy of north Britain
- Landscape division and assessment
- Redefining the davoch: the building blocks of Pictland and Alba?
- 2 Defining Alba and the Albanaig, Post-c.900
- Historiography
- Mormaer, Toísech, Cro, and Kelchyn: the structure of Albanian society
- The Church
- 3 Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer? North Britain, c.1000 to c.1130
- Defining eleventh-century Moray
- Usurpers, rebels, and malcontents?
- Alba and Moray: two kingdoms or one?
- Moray, Fortriu, and Alba: two kingdoms or three?
- Pannonians, pirates, and Pictish wives: the medieval origin legend of the people of Moray
- King MacBethad mac Findláich: the view from Scotia
- King Lulach mac Gilla Comgáin and his kin
- Strathclyde/Cumbria
- 4 King Máel Coluim Mac Donnchada
- Enemies, domestic and foreign
- Durham, St Cuthbert, and the Church
- 5 Civil War within Clann Custantín Meic Cináeda, 1093-1097
- The sons and grandsons of Ingibjorg
- The wicked uncle? King Domnall bán mac Donnchada, November 1093-May 1094
- King Donnchad mac Máel Coluim, May/June to November 1094
- The return of the king(s): King Domnall bán mac Donnchada and Edmund, 1094-1097
- 6 The Beginnings of a New Order, 1097-1124?
- King Edgar mac Máel Coluim, 1097-8 January 1107
- King Alexander mac Máel Coluim, 1107-1124
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-236) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ross, Alasdair The Kings of Alba
- ISBN:
- 9781788853675
- OCLC:
- 1286431331
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