G.W.S. Barrow

Kingship and Unity

Scotland 1000-1306

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Produktbeschreibung

A history of the forging of the Scottish kingdom during the first three centuries of the second millennium. It describes the evolution of Scottish kingship and government during the period, in the process examining the character of Scottish feudalism and the manner of its imposition.

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Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Classic Editions
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9781474401814
• ISBN-10: 1474401813
• Artikelnr.: 41974739

Autorenporträt

G. W. S. Barrow was Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh, 1979-92. His books 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 - his Ford lectures); Scotland and its Neighbours in the Middle Ages (London, 1992); and The Kingdom of the Scots (2nd edition, Edinburgh, 2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Genealogy of the Royal House
Part One
1. Land and People
2. Kings and Kingship
3. The Feudal Settlement
4. The Church Transformed
5. Education and Learning
6. Burghs and Burgesses
Part Two
7. The Winning of the West
8. Communities of the Realm
9. Scotland in Europe
A Note on Measures and Money
Glossary of Unfamiliar Words
Chronology
Further Reading
Index
Map I: Scotland in 1286
Map II: The Church in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.