Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c. 1100-1707: Volume 1: Scottish Nation - Origins to c.1500

ISBN-13: 9781845860042 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str.

Bob Harris;Alan R. MacDonald

Opis

Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present was published in five volumes in 1998 as a collaboration between the University of Dundee and the Open University in Scotland. Written by leading academics for the Distance Learning course run by the two universities, the series is aimed also at a wide readership anyone with a serious interest in Scottish history and presents the fruits of the latest research in a readable style. The volumes can be read singly, or as a series.
Now come the first two volumes of a further five-volume series, Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c.1100-1707, due for completion on the 300th anniversary of the parliamentary union of Scotland with England in 2007. The new series aims to show the importance of Scotland's relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as, like the first series, to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion. Especially in a post-devolution era, Scottish history and Scotland deserve better than this.
A word about the title of the new series, Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c.1100-1707. It is certainly designed to provoke but need not be taken to indicate a nationalist view of 1707 as a moment of eclipse. Scotland's history, like all histories, resists simple generalisations. Were it otherwise, its study would not be so rewarding.

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Preface; Illustrations; Maps; Picture Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Scotland Before 1000 by Dauvit Broun; 2. The Anglo-Norman Impact by Geoffrey Barrow; 3. The Wars of Independence by Fiona Watson; 4. The Stewart Monarchy by Michael Brown; 6. The Western Gaidhealtachd by R Andrew MacDonald; 6. The Medieval Church by Janet Foggie; 7. Scotland and Europe by David Ditchburn; 8. Townlife and Trade by Elizabeth Ewan; 9. Medieval Archaeology by Derek W Hall and Catherine Smith; 10. Rural Society and Economy by Ian Whyte; 11. Medieval Architecture by Michael Asselmeyer; 12. Medieval Literature by Nicola Royan; Index.