Freedom and Authority
Scotland, c.1050-c.1650
Tuckwell Press Ltd
Published on 25. January 2000
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-898410-79-9 (ISBN)
Description
This a collection of Scottish historical and historiographical essays presented to Grant G. Simpson. It covers the period from approximately 1050 to 1650.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
639 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-898410-79-9 (9781898410799)
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Content
1320 and a' that - the Declaration of Arbroath and the re-making of Scottish history, Terry Brotherstone and David Ditchburn; turning gold into lead? - the state of early-medieval Scottish historiography, Richard Oram; late-medieval and early-modern Scottish history - a progress report, Stephen Boardman and Michael Lynch; the Vatican Archives and Scottish history, Leslie Macfarlane; historians and languages - medieval and humanist views of Celtic Britain, Uli Moret; a Celtic enclave in Norman Scotland - Earl Gilbert and the Earldom of Strathearn, 1171-1223, Cynthia Neville; acts of lordship - the Lords of Galloway to 1234 and their records, Keith Stringer; Sir James Doublas, Spain and the Holy Land, 1329-30, Sonja Cameron; why they fought - the Border barons and war with England, c1370-1402, Alastair Macdonald; Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas and his following, 1400-1424, Alexander Grant; Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, 1563-1617, Robin Macpherson; recreating the urban past, Pat Torrie; medieval Scottish associations with Bruges, Alexander Stevenson; Mons Meg and Merchant Meg - women in Edinburgh in the late-middle ages, Elizabeth Ewan; visiting the charter chest - the early records of the University of Aberdeen, Colin McLaren; the craftsmen of Elgin 1540-1660, Jane Thomas; the witches, the devil and the king, Jenny Wormold.