Medieval Scotland : crown, lordship and community : essays presented to G.W.S Barrow / edited by Alexander Grant and Keith J. Stringer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Alexander, Author.

Contributor:

Grant, Alexander, 1947- editor.

Stringer, K. J. (Keith John), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--History--To 1057.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new paperback edition brings together the latest thoughts on the development of the medieval Scottish kingdom. Thirteen contributors explore the central themes in medieval Scottish history - the interplay between Celtic and feudal influences; crown-magnate relations; local and national relations; and the political definition of the kingdom.NEW IN PAPERBACK

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Abbreviations

Foreword

1 The Kings of Strathclyde, c. 400-1018

2 MacDuff of Fife

3 Thanes and Thanages, from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Centuries

4 Periphery and Core in Thirteenth-Century Scotland: Alan son of Roland, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland

5 The March Laws Reconsidered

6 Kingship in Miniature: A Seal of Minority of Alexander III, 1249-1257

7 The Provincial Council of the Scottish Church 1215-1472

8 An Urban Community: The Crafts in Thirteenth-Century Aberdeen

9 The Earls and Earldom of Buchan in the Thirteenth Century

10 Crown and Community under Robert I

11 Scotland without a King, 1329-1341

12 The 'Laws of Malcolm MacKenneth'

13 The Kin of Kennedy, 'Kenkynnol' and the Common Law

A Bibliography of the published works of G. W. S. Barrow, to the end of 1992

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6864-0

0-7486-7290-7

0-585-06064-9