Medieval ScotlandThis is a one-volume history of medieval Scotland, concentrating on the period between the middle of the eleventh century and the Reformation and taking full account of recent scholarship. It is primarily a political and ecclesiastical study, analysing the development of the institutions of the Scottish state, conflict and co-operation between the crown and the nobility, relations with external powers, the history of the church in Scotland, and the formation of a distinctive Scottish identity. The Wars of Independence are examined in their historical context, and elements of identity and change are identified across the whole period. Particular emphasis is placed upon relations between core and periphery in medieval Scotland and on the difficulties experienced by the crown in imposing royal authority in the north and west. |
Contents
EARLY MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND | 1 |
FEUDAL SCOTLAND | 12 |
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SCOTTISH CHURCH | 42 |
THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SCOTTISH REALM | 67 |
THE WARS OF INDEPENDENCE | 92 |
THE STEWART KINGS | 137 |
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Alexander Alexander III alliance Anglo-Norman Angus Argyll Atholl Badenoch benefices bishops border brother Buchan castle claim Comyn crown David I's death Declaration of Arbroath diocese Donald earl of Douglas earl of Mar earldom ecclesiastical Edinburgh Edward Balliol Edward III England English king especially established estates expedition favour feudal Fife France G. W. S. Barrow Galloway granted heir Henry Highland II's III's Isles James I's James III James's John Balliol justiciar king of Scots king's kingdom lands late medieval later lord lordship Lothian magnates Malcolm Malcolm IV Margaret marriage medieval Scotland military monarchs monasteries Moray northern Northumbria Orkney papacy papal parish parliament pope probably realm Reformation relations revenues Robert Bruce Ross Rothesay royal authority rulers Scottish church Scottish history Scottish kings Scottish politics sheriffdoms sixteenth century Somerled sought southern Scotland St Andrews succession territorial thirteenth century threat throne tion twelfth century William