Scotland In The Reign Of Alexander Iii 1249 1286
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Scotland In The Reign Of Alexander Iii 1249 1286
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Author : Norman H. Reid
language : en
Publisher: John Donald
Release Date : 1990
Scotland In The Reign Of Alexander Iii 1249 1286 written by Norman H. Reid and has been published by John Donald this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Alexander Iii 1249 1286
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Author : Norman H. Reid
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2019-05-23
Alexander Iii 1249 1286 written by Norman H. Reid and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-23 with History categories.
Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year 2019 Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death plunged Scotland into turmoil, and into a period of warfare and internal decline which almost brought about the demise of the Scottish state. This study fills a serious gap in the historiography of medieval Scotland. For many decades, even centuries, Scotland's medieval kingship has been regarded as a close likeness of the English monarchy, having been 'modernised' in that image by the twelfth- and thirteenth-century kings, who had close relationships with their southern counterparts. Recent research has cast doubt on that view, and this examination of Alexander III's reign is based on a view of Scottish kingship which depends on much firmer continuity with its earlier, celtic past. It challenges accepted truth, revealing that the nature of state and government, and the relationships between ruler and subject, were quite different from the previous 'received view'. On the cusp of a dynastic catastrophe which led to economic and political disaster, Alexander III's reign captures a snapshot of Scotland at the end of a period of sustained peace and development: a view of the medieval state as it really was.
Acts Of Alexander Iii King Of Scots 1249 1286
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Author : Cynthia J. Neville
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-25
Acts Of Alexander Iii King Of Scots 1249 1286 written by Cynthia J. Neville and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-25 with History categories.
Due to some editorial errors and a missing act, this title is currently being reprinted and all old stock recalled. If you have purchased this title and would like a replacement copy please contact us. Brings together 330 legal documents from the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland. This volume contains the full texts of 175 acts issued under the seal of King Alexander III, together with notes on a further 155 "e;lost acts"e; that survive only in notices. These acts, many of which have never been published before, have been collected from a variety of archives in Scotland, England, Belgium and France. The Introduction examines the administrative contexts of the later thirteenth century in which the royal chancery drafted and authenticated charters, brieves and other written instruments, and discusses the varied sources from which the collection is compiled. The texts include full Latin transcriptions and detailed English-language summaries of the contents of each act, together with a series of notes and comments on context and significance. By drawing together both original archive sources and widely scattered published sources, the volume offers a unique opportunity to understand how Scottish government and administration operated in the key period before the reign of Robert Bruce. The Regesta Regum Scottorum series has already made available in print a definitive edition of the written acts of several of the medieval kings of Scotland. It remains the standard reference for Scottish, British and European scholars interested in the history of royal chanceries, the evolution of medieval royal government and the growth of literate modes of expression in the Middle Ages.
Acts Of Alexander Iii King Of Scots 1249 1286
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Author : Cynthia J Neville
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-25
Acts Of Alexander Iii King Of Scots 1249 1286 written by Cynthia J Neville and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-25 with History categories.
The volume brings together 330 documents from the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland, a key period in the history of the medieval kingdom, in one scholarly and accessible edition.
Alexander Iii
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Author : Marion Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Loch
Release Date : 1999
Alexander Iii written by Marion Campbell and has been published by Loch this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this biography of Alexander III, King of Scotland in the 13th century, the author not only describes his life, his reign and his kingdom, but also examines the relationship between Scotland and other European countries, as well as the relationships between their respective Royal houses.
The Balliol Dynasty
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Author : Amanda Beam
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2008-05-19
The Balliol Dynasty written by Amanda Beam and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-19 with History categories.
This study examines the political ambitions and influences of the Balliol dynasty in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Scotland, England and France. The generally accepted opinion in previous historiography was that John (II), king of Scots from 1292 to 1296, and Edward Balliol (d. 1364) were politically weak men and unsuccessful kings. In a reassessment of the patriarch of the family, John (I) (d.1268), the Balliols are revealed as committed English lords and loyal servants of the kings of England, underlining how the family has been unfairly judged for centuries by both chroniclers and historians, who have assessed them as Scottish kings rather than as English lords. Despite the forfeiture of the Balliol estates in England and Scotland in 1926, John (II) and Edward retained close relationships with the successive English kings and used these connections to fuel their political ambitions. Their kingships illustrate their desires to recover some influence in English politics which the family had enjoyed in the mid-thirteenth century. This re-evaluation of the Balliols highlights their relationship with the English crown.
The Shape Of The State In Medieval Scotland 1124 1290
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Author : Alice Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-03
The Shape Of The State In Medieval Scotland 1124 1290 written by Alice Taylor and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-03 with History categories.
This is the first full-length study of Scottish royal government in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ever to have been written. It uses untapped legal evidence to set out a new narrative of governmental development. Between 1124 and 1290, the way in which kings of Scots ruled their kingdom transformed. By 1290 accountable officials, a system of royal courts, and complex common law procedures had all been introduced, none of which could have been envisaged in 1124. The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290 argues that governmental development was a dynamic phenomenon, taking place over the long term. For the first half of the twelfth century, kings ruled primarily through personal relationships and patronage, only ruling through administrative and judicial officers in the south of their kingdom. In the second half of the twelfth century, these officers spread north but it was only in the late twelfth century that kings routinely ruled through institutions. Throughout this period of profound change, kings relied on aristocratic power as an increasingly formal part of royal government. In putting forward this narrative, Alice Taylor refines or overturns previous understandings in Scottish historiography of subjects as diverse as the development of the Scottish common law, feuding and compensation, Anglo-Norman 'feudalism', the importance of the reign of David I, recordkeeping, and the kingdom's military organisation. In addition, she argues that Scottish royal government was not a miniature version of English government; there were profound differences between the two polities arising from the different role and function aristocratic power played in each kingdom. The volume also has wider significance. The formalisation of aristocratic power within and alongside the institutions of royal government in Scotland forces us to question whether the rise of royal power necessarily means the consequent decline of aristocratic power in medieval polities. The book thus not only explains an important period in the history of Scotland, it places the experience of Scotland at the heart of the process of European state formation as a whole.
A History Of The Scottish People From The Earliest Times
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Author : Thomas Napier Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
A History Of The Scottish People From The Earliest Times written by Thomas Napier Thomson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
Land Law And People In Medieval Scotland
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Author : Neville Cynthia J. Neville
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-16
Land Law And People In Medieval Scotland written by Neville Cynthia J. Neville and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-16 with History categories.
This ambitious book, newly available in paperback, examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering new insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. It is based on a close reading of the texts of several thousand charters, indentures, brieves and other written sources that record the business conducted in royal and baronial courts across the length and breadth of the medieval kingdom between 1150 and 1400.Under the broad themes of land, law and people, this book explores how the customs, laws and traditions of the native inhabitants and those of incoming settlers interacted and influenced each other. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the author places her subject matter firmly within the recent historiography of the British Isles and demonstrates how the experience of Scotland was both similar to, and a distinct manifestation of, a wider process of Europeanisation.
Premodern Scotland
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Author : Joanna Martin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
Premodern Scotland written by Joanna Martin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
Offers fresh and ground-breaking research into themes of good self- and public governance in medieval Scottish and English literature.