The Fall of the Templars
The Fall of the Templars By Robyn Young Publisher: Plume, January 26, 2010 ISBN: 9780452295957 The cataclysmic conclusion to the international bestselling Brethren…
Perceiving the Scottish self: the emergence of national identity in mediaeval Scotland
This thesis is an examination of three main areas which underscored the presence of a national identity in Scotland between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries: namely, political thought and geographical awareness; images of kingship and the institution of the Scottish monarchy; and land tenure and Scots nationality.
The church and the origins of Scottish independence in the twelfth century
The church and the origins of Scottish independence in the twelfth century By Dauvit Brown Records of the Scottish Church History Society, Vol. 31…
Facts and fictions: Chronicle, Romance and Arthurian narrative in England, 1300-1470
This dissertation examines the relationship between chronicle and romance traditions of Arthurian narrative in England and Scotland in the late Middle Ages.
Royal Piety in Thirteenth-Century Scotland: the Religion and Religiosity of Alexander II (1214-49) and Alexander III (1249-86)
Did these kings act on religious impulses driven solely by dynastic tradition and Scottish political concerns or can we, at the same time, discern genuine personal motivations and an awareness of wider liturgical development?
Diffinicione successionis ad regnum Scottorum: royal succession in Scotland in the later middle ages
Diffinicione successionis ad regnum Scottorum: royal succession in Scotland in the later middle ages By Michael A. Penman Making and breaking the rules:…
Lordship and Environmental Change in Central Highland Scotland c.1300–c.1400
Lordship and Environmental Change in Central Highland Scotland c.1300–c.1400 By Richard Oram and W. Paul Adderley Journal of the North Atlantic, Vol.1 (2008)…
Reputations in Scottish History: King Robert the Bruce (1274-1329)
Have peculiarly Scottish circumstances and processes of change over time coalesced to leave this hero king with a reputation which would, in another country, have taken a more vibrant form far sooner?
The Bruce Dynasty, Becket and Scottish Pilgrimage to Canterbury, c.1178-c.1404
This paper seeks to question the assumption that the outbreak of prolonged Anglo-Scottish war in 1296 brought an abrupt decline in Scottish interest in St Thomas, his shrine at Canterbury and the great abbey dedicated to him in Scotland at Arbroath
Franchises north of the Border: Baronies and regalities in medieval Scotland
Franchises north of the Border: Baronies and regalities in medieval Scotland By Alexander Grant Liberties and Identities in Medieval British Isles, edited by…
The administration of the diocese of St. Andrews, 1202-1328
This thesis is an attempt to discover the administrative procedures employed in Scotland’s premier, largest, and wealthiest see under seven bishops holding office between 1202 and 1328.
Gaelic Barbarity and Scottish Identity in the Later Middle Ages
One point of reasonably clear consensus among Scottish historians during the twentieth century was that a ‘Highland/Lowland divide’ came into being in the second half of the fourteenth century.
Medievalism and Joan Grigsby’s The Orchid Door
Medievalism and Joan Grigsby’s The Orchid Door Brother Anthony Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 17 No. 1 (2009) Abstract The Celtic…
Combs, Contact and Chronology: Reconsidering Hair Combs in Early-Historic and Viking-Age Atlantic Scotland
Combs, Contact and Chronology: Reconsidering Hair Combs in Early-Historic and Viking-Age Atlantic Scotland By Steven P. Ashby Medieval Archaeology, Vol.53 (2009) Abstract: Analysis…
Killing or Clemency? Ransom, Chivalry and Changing Attitudes to Defeated Opponents in Britain and Northern France, 7-12th centuries
In the British Isles before 1066, the general fate of those defeated in battle or taken in war was either death or enslavement. The Norman Conquest, however, was to mark the importation into England of a differing military ethos, which placed an increasing stress on ransom and the sparing of knightly captives, and which eschewed the enslavement of prisoners of war as a token of barbarism.
“Sweet Civility and Barbarous Rudeness”: a View from the Frontier. Abbot Ailred of Rievaulx and the Scots
Sweet Civility and Barbarous Rudeness: a View from the Frontier. Abbot Ailred of Rievaulx and the Scots By William M. Aird Imaging frontiers, contesting…
Castleford’s Lost Chronicle: The Historic Imagination in Yorkshire
The Chronicle by Thomas of Castleford, which was written in the fourteenth century in the Middle English vernacular, provides an intersting complement to other vernacular chronicles of the same time.
Pictish Art and the Sea
Pictish Art and the Sea Cessford, Craig The Heroic Age, Issue 8 (June 2005) Abstract Although the sea must have been of crucial…
Paschal dating in Pictland: Abbot Ceolfrid’s letter to King Nechtan
Paschal dating in Pictland: Abbot Ceolfrid’s letter to King Nechtan By Julianna Grigg Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, Vol. 2 (2006)…
The political and ecclesiastical extent of Scottish Dalriada
The political and ecclesiastical extent of Scottish Dalriada By Pamela O’Neill Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, Vol. 1 (2005) Abstract: The…
Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce
Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce By David Cornell Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300145687 Few battles resonate through British history as strongly as…
England against the Celtic fringe : a study in cultural stereotypes
To the Norman and Angevin, the medieval Celt was the true barbarian. This article examines English perceptions of Celts during the High Middle Ages
Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World
Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World Edited by Steve Boardman, John Reuben Davies and Eila Williamson Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834328 The way in…
The Columban Church in northern Britain, 664-717: a reassessment
This paper challenges the accepted view that the Columban Church in northern Britain underwent a period of decline during the late seventh and early eighth centuries.
Hermisgarth, Sanday: the investigation of pyre settings and Pictish cist burials in Orkney
Hermisgarth, Sanday: the investigation of pyre settings and Pictish cist burials in Orkney Downes, Jane M with Morris, Christopher D Proceedings of the…