The Lordship of the Isles
Published on 31. July 2014
Book
Hardback
348 pages
978-90-04-27946-9 (ISBN)
Description
In The Lordship of the Isles, twelve specialists offer new insights on the rise and fall of the MacDonalds of Islay and the greatest Gaelic lordship of later medieval Scotland. Portrayed most often as either the independently-minded last great patrons of Scottish Gaelic culture or as dangerous rivals to the Stewart kings for mastery of Scotland, this collection navigates through such opposed perspectives to re-examine the politics, culture, society and connections of Highland and Hebridean Scotland from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. It delivers a compelling account of a land and people caught literally and figuratively between two worlds, those of the Atlantic and mainland Scotland, and of Gaelic and Anglophone culture.
Contributors are David Caldwell, Sonja Cameron, Alastair Campbell, Alison Cathcart, Colin Martin, Tom McNeill, Lachlan Nicholson, Richard Oram, Michael Penman, Alasdair Ross, Geoffrey Stell and Sarah Thomas.
Contributors are David Caldwell, Sonja Cameron, Alastair Campbell, Alison Cathcart, Colin Martin, Tom McNeill, Lachlan Nicholson, Richard Oram, Michael Penman, Alasdair Ross, Geoffrey Stell and Sarah Thomas.
Reviews / Votes
"This collection of twelve articles plus an introduction is an extremely welcome addition to the increasingly sophisticated literature on the Gaelic culture of Highland and Hebridean Scotland from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries."Victoria Whitworth, Landscape History, Vol. 37, No. 1, DOI: 10.1080/01433768.2016.1176438, Date accessed: 5 May, 2016
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
All interested in the history, archaeology, culture and society of the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles and medieval Gaelic Scotland generally, and their relationships with the Stewart kings of Scotland.
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
646 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-27946-9 (9789004279469)
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Person
Richard Oram, Ph.D (1988), University of St Andrews, is Professor of Medieval and Environmental History at the University of Stirling. He has published monographs and many articles, including Domination and Lordship: Scotland 1070-1230 (EUP, 2011).
Content
List of Illustrations and Maps...vii
List of Abbreviations ...x
List of Contributors ...xii
Introduction
A Celtic Dirk at Scotland's Back? The Lordship of the Isles in Mainstream Scottish Historiography since 1828 ...1
Richard D. Oram
1 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Climate, Weather and the Rise of the Lordship of the Isles ...40
Richard D. Oram
2 The MacDonald Lordship and the Bruce Dynasty, c.1306-c.1371 ...62
Michael A. Penman
3 From the River Farrar to the Loire Valley: The MacDonald Lord of the Isles, the Scottish Crown, and International Diplomacy, 1428-1438 ...88
Lachlan Nicholson
4 Ghille Chattan Mhor and Clann Mhic an Toisich Lands in the Clann Dhomhnail Lordship of Lochaber ...101
Alasdair Ross
5 Bishops, Priests, Monks and Their Patrons: The Lords of the Isles and the Church ...123
Sarah Thomas
6 'Contumaciously Absent'?: The Lords of the Isles and the Scottish Crown ...146
Sonja Cameron
7 A Maritime Dominion - Sea-Power and the Lordship ...176
Colin Martin
8 West Highland Heraldry and the Lordship of the Isles ...200
Alastair Campbell of Airds
9 Organising a Lordship: The Castles of the MacDonalds of Dunivaig and the Glens ...211
T.E. McNeill
10 The Lordship of the Isles: Identity Through Materiality ...227
David H. Caldwell
11 A Spent Force?: The Clan Donald in the Aftermath of 1493 ...254
Alison Cathcart
12 Castle Tioram and the MacDonalds of Clanranald: A Western Seaboard Castle in Context ...271
Geoffrey Stell
Bibliography ...297
Index ...319
List of Abbreviations ...x
List of Contributors ...xii
Introduction
A Celtic Dirk at Scotland's Back? The Lordship of the Isles in Mainstream Scottish Historiography since 1828 ...1
Richard D. Oram
1 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Climate, Weather and the Rise of the Lordship of the Isles ...40
Richard D. Oram
2 The MacDonald Lordship and the Bruce Dynasty, c.1306-c.1371 ...62
Michael A. Penman
3 From the River Farrar to the Loire Valley: The MacDonald Lord of the Isles, the Scottish Crown, and International Diplomacy, 1428-1438 ...88
Lachlan Nicholson
4 Ghille Chattan Mhor and Clann Mhic an Toisich Lands in the Clann Dhomhnail Lordship of Lochaber ...101
Alasdair Ross
5 Bishops, Priests, Monks and Their Patrons: The Lords of the Isles and the Church ...123
Sarah Thomas
6 'Contumaciously Absent'?: The Lords of the Isles and the Scottish Crown ...146
Sonja Cameron
7 A Maritime Dominion - Sea-Power and the Lordship ...176
Colin Martin
8 West Highland Heraldry and the Lordship of the Isles ...200
Alastair Campbell of Airds
9 Organising a Lordship: The Castles of the MacDonalds of Dunivaig and the Glens ...211
T.E. McNeill
10 The Lordship of the Isles: Identity Through Materiality ...227
David H. Caldwell
11 A Spent Force?: The Clan Donald in the Aftermath of 1493 ...254
Alison Cathcart
12 Castle Tioram and the MacDonalds of Clanranald: A Western Seaboard Castle in Context ...271
Geoffrey Stell
Bibliography ...297
Index ...319