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Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230
Dr. Richard Oram
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Paperback. This book discussed the processes by which the Gaelic kingdom of Alba established its mastery over the lesser kingdoms of northern mainland Britain and transformed itself into a state recognisable as Scotland. Series: New Edinburgh History of Scotland. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 8 maps, 7 black & white line drawings, 12 b&w illustrations,. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710. Scotland, 1070-1230. Series: New Edinburgh History of Scotland. 448 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 8 maps, 7 black & white line drawings, 12 b&w illustrations,. This book discussed the processes by which the Gaelic kingdom of Alba established its mastery over the lesser kingdoms of northern mainland Britain and transformed itself into a state recognisable as Scotland. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 30. Weight: 710.
This volume centres upon the era conventionally labelled the 'Making of the kingdom', or the 'Anglo-Norman' era in Scottish history. It seeks a balance between traditional historiographical concentration on the 'feudalisation' of Scottish society as part of the wholesale importation of alien cultural traditions by a 'modernising' monarchy and more recent emphasis on the continuing vitality and centrality of Gaelic culture and traditions within the twelfth- and early thirteenth-century kingdom. Part I explores the transition from the Gaelic kingship of Alba into the hybridised medieval state and traces Scotland's role as both dominated and dominator. It examines the redefinition of ... Read more
This volume centres upon the era conventionally labelled the 'Making of the kingdom', or the 'Anglo-Norman' era in Scottish history. It seeks a balance between traditional historiographical concentration on the 'feudalisation' of Scottish society as part of the wholesale importation of alien cultural traditions by a 'modernising' monarchy and more recent emphasis on the continuing vitality and centrality of Gaelic culture and traditions within the twelfth- and early thirteenth-century kingdom. Part I explores the transition from the Gaelic kingship of Alba into the hybridised medieval state and traces Scotland's role as both dominated and dominator. It examines the redefinition of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
New Edinburgh History of Scotland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748614974
SKU
V9780748614974
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About Dr. Richard Oram
Richard Oram is Professor of Medieval and Environmental History and Director of the Centre for Environmental History at the University of Stirling
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