Freedom and Authority

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.