'The Village' is Alice Taylor's third book of bestselling memoirs of country life. Others include, 'To School Through the Fields' and 'Going to the Well'.
'The Village' is Alice Taylor's third book of bestselling memoirs of country life. Others include, 'To School Through the Fields' and 'Going to the We...
This is the first full-length study of Scottish royal government in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ever to have been written. It uses untapped legal evidence to set out a new narrative of governmental development. Between 1124 and 1290, the way in which kings of Scots ruled their kingdom transformed. By 1290 accountable officials, a system of royal courts, and complex common law procedures had all been introduced, none of which could have been envisaged in 1124. The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290 argues that governmental development was a dynamic...
This is the first full-length study of Scottish royal government in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ever to have been written. It uses untapped l...