The Kingdom of the Scots
Government, church and society from the eleventh to the fourteenth century
$87.70
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2003
Summary
This book explores the formative period when Scotland acquired the characteristics that enabled it to enter fully into the comity of medieval Christendom. These included a monarchy of a recognisably continental type, a feudal organisation of aristocratic landholding and military service, national boundaries, and a body of settled law and custom. By the end of the thirteenth century Scotland had a church based on territorial dioceses and parishes, centres of learning including monastic houses …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780748618033 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0748618031 |
| Author: | G.W.S. Barrow |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2003 |
| Weight: | 646g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 233mm x 157mm |
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“The topics covered are large and important.” – English Historical Review
A feast of learning, clearly expounded by an author with an impressive mastery of documentary and onomastic evidence, a wide-ranging topographical knowledge, and an enviable ability to marry the local, the regional and the general. * Northern History *
An admirable guide to the growth of the Regnum Scotiae. * Scottish Historical Review *
About The Author
G.W.S. Barrow
G. W. S. Barrow was Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh from 1979 to 1992.
His published works include:
- Feudal Britain (London, 1956)
- Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland (4th edition, Edinburgh, 2005)
- The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History (Oxford, 1980)
- Scotland and its Neighbours in the Middle Ages (London, 1992)
- The Kingdom of the Scots (2nd edition, Edinburgh, 2003)
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