Assessing gender in the construction of Scottish identity, c. 1286-c. 1586
Assessing gender in the construction of Scottish identity, c. 1286-c. 1586 Smith, Michelle Ann University of Auckland, Thesis (2010) Abstract Drawing on insights…
Student wins scholarship to study early medieval Scottish history
Just five months after she graduated from University of California – Santa Cruz with a bachelor’s degree in history, Cynthia Thickpenny received a…
The re-making of a mythic hero: Scottish nationalism in “Braveheart”
The re-making of a mythic hero: Scottish nationalism in “Braveheart” By Kenneth Carr Hawley Master’s Thesis, Texas Tech University, 1998 Introduction: Nationalistic sentiment looks…
Reading Braveheart: representing and contesting Scottish identity
This article has emerged out of my interest in the production of Stirling as a symbolic heritage centre and particularly the centrality of the figures of Wallace and Bruce in the town’s place-image, and in nationalist iconography.
Scottish town of Dunfermline to get museum, art gallery
The Scottish town of Dunfermline, which is known for its medieval heritage, will be receiving £2.8million to establish a new museum and art…
Duns Scotus on Divine Substance and the Trinity
Duns Scotus on Divine Substance and the Trinity Cross, Richard (Oriel College, Oxford) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 11 (2003) Abstract Charting a course…
Divisibility, Communicability, and Predicability in Duns Scotus’s Theories of the Common Nature
Divisibility, Communicability, and Predicability in Duns Scotus’s Theories of the Common Nature Cross, Richard (Oriel College Oxford University) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 11…
Great sites: Jarlshof
Great sites: Jarlshof By Anna Ritchie British Archaeology, Issue 69 (2003) Introduction: Jarlshof, Britain’s best-known Viking farmstead, owes its romantic name to Sir…
Medieval Week comes to Edinburgh
High levels of illiteracy during medieval times meant the ‘dark’ ages were actually a period of surprising cultural richness, with the majority of…
Battlefields, Historic Sites, to get heritage protection in Scotland
Scotland’s Minister for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop announced yesterday new legislation that will create an official registry of battlefields and assist in…
“Treachery in the Remotest Territories of Scotland:” Northern Resistance to the Canmore Dynasty, 1130-1230
This paper argues that not only were many of the uprisings carefully timed and orchestrated predatory strikes against the Scottish kings in their weakest moments, but also that careful reexamination of these insurrections is crucial to our understanding of key issues in the history of twelfth-century Scotland.
Species, Concept, and Thing: Theories of Signification in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century
Species, Concept, and Thing: Theories of Signification in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century Pini, Giorgio (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) Medieval Philosophy…
New visitor centre for the Battle of Bannockburn
Scotland’s Minister of Culture announced today £5 million in funding to create a state-of-the-art visitor centre at the site of the battle of…
Duns Scotus on Signification
Duns Scotus on Signification Perler, Dominik Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 3 (1993) Abstract In both versions of his Commentary on the Sentences,…
Duns Scotus on Autonomous Freedom and Divine Co-Causality
Duns Scotus on Autonomous Freedom and Divine Co-Causality Frank, William A. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 2 (1992) Abstract John Duns Scotus teaches…
Stirling Castle hosts “Secrets of the Skeletons”
The secrets of medieval skeletons discovered at Stirling Castle will be revealed during an evening with renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black from…
Moothill at Scone’s Palace about a thousand years old, archaeologists find
Archaeologists have discovered that the Moothill built at Scone Palace in central Scotland was built between the late ninth century and early 11th…
Politics and the feud in late mediaeval Scotland
Politics and the feud in late mediaeval Scotland By Stephen Boardman PhD Dissertation, University of St Andrews, 1990 Abstract: From the mid-fifteenth century…
William Wallace’s Invasion of Northern England in 1297
In the winter of 1297 William Wallace, fresh from his victory over the English at Stirling Bridge, presided over a ferocious and prolonged devastation of northern England.
The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685
The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685 By Julie Parsons Master’s Thesis, East Tennessee State University, 2002 Abstract: This…
Beyond ‘Braveheart’? Recent work on the Scottish Wars of Independence
A survey of articles, monographs and primary sources relevant to the study of the Scottish Wars of Independence, c.1286-c.1357, published 2003-2010
Royal and Lordly Residence in Scotland c 1050 to c 1250: an Historiographical Review and Critical Revision
Scottish castle-studies of the pre-1250 era continue to be framed by a ‘military architecture’ historiographical tradition and a view of the castle as an alien artefact imposed on the land by foreign adventurers and a ‘modernising’ monarchy and native Gaelic nobility.
Recent archaeological finds include medieval chapel, prison underneath castle
Several archaeological finds were announced in the last week, including the discovery of a chapel belonging to the medieval bishops of Aberdeen, a…
Edinburgh surgery and the history of golf
Edinburgh surgery and the history of golf By IMC Macintyre Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Vol.37 (2007) Abstract: Individuals…
Taking the war to Scotland and France: The supply and transportation of English armies by sea, 1320-60
The study will analyse the involvement of the English merchant marine in the wars of Edward II and Edward III.