Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain : From the Picts to Alexander III.
Title:
Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain : From the Picts to Alexander III.
Author:
Broun, Dauvit.
ISBN:
9780748630110
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (329 pages)
Contents:
COPYRIGHT -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Sees of exempt dioceses beyond Italy, c. 1250 -- Kings of Scots, 1005-1286 -- 1 Introduction -- PART I The Idea of Britain -- 2 Ancient Kingdoms and Island Histories -- 3 Alba as 'Britain' after 900 and the Pictish Antecedents of the Kingdom of the Scots -- PART II Independence -- 4 The Church and the Beginning of Scottish Independence -- 5 Whose Independence? Bishop Jocelin of Glasgow (1175-99) and the Achievement of Ecclesiastical Freedom -- PART III Sovereign Kingship -- 6 The Inauguration of Alexander III (1249) and the Portrayal of Scotland as a Sovereign Kingdom -- 7 From Client King to Sovereign -- PART IV National History -- 8 The Principal Source used by John of Fordun for his Chronicle of the Scottish People -- 9 The Scots as Ancient and Free: 'Proto-Fordun', 'Veremundus' and the Creation of Scottish History -- 10 Conclusion: From British Identity to Scottish Nation -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index.
Abstract:
This book offers a fresh perspective on the question of Scotlandâs relationship with Britain. It challenges the standard concept of the Scots as an ancient nation whose British identity only emerged in the early modern era.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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