Author: Henry Sotheran LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Liber Pluscardensis
Author: Felix James Henry SkenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Historians of Scotland ...: Liber pluscardensis
Author: Liber Pluscardensis
Author: Felix James Henry SkenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Liber pluscardensis: Latin text with English introduction
Author: Maurice BuchananPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : la
Pages : 464
Book Description
James II
Author: Christine McGladderyPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788853652
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In this study of the reign of James II of Scotland, the king is viewed in the context of the Stewart monarchy, from his struggles to overcome his early adversity and the legacy of his father's style of kingship, to the serious political crises of his reign. The relations between the king and his subjects, and the complex balance of power in medieval Scotland are examined, particularly the significant crisis precipitated by James II's attack on the Black Douglases, the greatest of all late medieval magnate families. The changing nature of political involvement among the nobility and the role of Parliament in influencing events are explored, as are the efforts of the king to recover and promote royal authority in the final years of his reign. The role of James II in the wider European context is also studied with a view to shedding light on contemporary perceptions of the Stewart monarchy both at home and abroad. The study is based on contemporary chronicle and official sources, and consideration is also given to later, highly coloured views of James II, which have influenced popular views of the king to the present day.
A Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books in Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts
Author: Henry Sotheran LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books, Ancient and Modern, Comprising Works in Most Branches of Literature, Offered ... by Henry Sotheran & Co
Author: Sotheran, Firm, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Author: John Rylands LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Declaration of Arbroath
Author: Edward J. CowanPublisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857906704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland's status as an independent sovereign state with the right to use military action if unjustly attacked. Quoted by many, understood by few, its historical significance has now almost been overtaken by its mythic status. Since 1998, the US Senate has claimed that the American Declaration of Independence is modelled upon 'the inspirational document' of Arbroath. This is the first book-length study to examine the origins of the Declaration and the ideas upon which it drew, while tracing the rise of its mythic status in Scotland and exploring its impact upon revolutionary America.
Glastonbury Abbey and the Arthurian Tradition
Author: James P. CarleyPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780859915724
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The essays in this volume, some reprinted in their original form and some extensively revised, are concerned with the Arthurian traditions associated with Glastonbury Abbey. Certain of the essays are analytic and others provide editions of hitherto unknown texts. They all examine ways in which legendary materials and historical facts interconnected in the process by which Glastonbury Abbey came to present itself, nationally and internationally, as the custodian of King Arthur's relics and the burial place of Joseph of Arimathea, and the importance, political and ecclesiastical, that it derived from the connection. Professor JAMES CARLEY is the author of Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous and a past editor of Arthurian Literature. Topics: Glastonbury Legends (WATKIN, GRANSDEN), Legend of St Joseph of Glastonbury (LAGORIO), Guinevere at Glastonbury (WOOD), Vera Historia de Morte Arthuri (BARBER, LAPIDGE), Was Mordred buried at Glastonbury? (BARBER), Glastonbury in Welsh Vernacular Tradition (LLOYD-MORGAN), Second Exhumation of Arthur's Remains, 1278 (PARSONS), Abbey Memorial Plate (GOODALL), Arthur's Epitaph/s (CARLEY, BROWN, WRIGHT, WITHRINGTON), Hardyng and Holy Grail (KENNEDY, RIDDY), Henry V and Joseph of Arimathea's Bones, Holy Cross of Waltham at Montacute, Excavation of Arthur's Grave (CARLEY), Perlesvaus (Wells fragment), Quedam Narracio de nobili rege Arthuro, De Origine Gigantum (CARLEY, CRICK, EVANS), Glastonbury tablets (KROCHALIS), Relics in 14th Century (CARLEY, HOWLEY).