Author: William StewartPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 710
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The Buik of the Cronicles of Scotland, Or, A Metrical Version of the History of Hector Boece
Author: William Stewart“The” Buik of the Chronicles of Scotland Or a Metrical Version of the History of Hector Boece
Author: Hector BoethiusThe Bulk of the Cronicles of Scotland
Author: Hector BoecePublisher:
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Category : Poetry of places
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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A Catalogue of the Publications of Scottish Historical and Kindred Clubs and Societies
Author: Charles Sanford TerryPublisher:
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Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The narrative grotesque in medieval Scottish poetry
Author: Caitlin FlynnPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526160803
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The Narrative Grotesque examines late medieval narratology in two Older Scots poems: Gavin Douglas’s The Palyce of Honour (c.1501) and William Dunbar’s The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo (c.1507). The narrative grotesque is exemplified in these poems, which fracture narratological boundaries by fusing disparate poetic forms and creating hybrid subjectivities. Consequently, these poems interrogate conventional boundaries in poetic making. The narrative grotesque is applied as a framework to elucidate these chimeric texts and to understand newly late medieval engagement with poetics and narratology.
Máel Coluim III, 'Canmore'
Author: Neil McGuiganPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788851447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Saltire Society History Book of the Year The legendary Scottish king Máel Coluim III, also known as 'Malcolm Canmore', is often held to epitomise Scotland's 'ancient Gaelic kings'. But Máel Coluim and his dynasty were in fact newcomers, and their legitimacy and status were far from secure at the beginning of his rule. Máel Coluim's long reign from 1058 until 1093 coincided with the Norman Conquest of England, a revolutionary event that presented great opportunities and terrible dangers. Although his interventions in post-Conquest England eventually cost him his life, the book argues that they were crucial to his success as both king and dynasty-builder, creating internal stability and facilitating the takeover of Strathclyde and Lothian. As a result, Máel Coluim left to his successors a territory that stretched far to the south of the kingship's heartland north of the Forth, similar to the Scotland we know today. The book explores the wider political and cultural world in which Máel Coluim lived, guiding the reader through the pitfalls and possibilities offered by the sources that mediate access to that world. Our reliance on so few texts means that the eleventh century poses problems that historians of later eras can avoid. Nevertheless Scotland in Máel Coluim's time generated unprecedented levels of attention abroad and more vernacular literary output than at any time prior to the Stewart era.
Scottish Queens, 1034–1714
Author: Rosalind K. MarshallPublisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 1788851846
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327
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An “enlightening and fascinating” exploration of Scotland’s royal women, from Lady Macbeth to Mary Queen of Scots and beyond (Booklist). The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right and the consorts, have largely been neglected in conventional history books. One of the earliest known Scottish queens was none other than the notorious Lady Macbeth. Was she really the wicked woman depicted in Shakespeare’s famous play? Was St Margaret a demure and obedient wife? Why did Margaret Logie exercise such an influence over her husband, David II, and have we underestimated James VI’s consort, Anne of Denmark, frequently written off as a stupid and willful woman? Rosalind K. Marshall delves into these questions and more in this entertaining, impeccably researched book. “A broad, impressive historical work and solid introduction to Scottish history from an oft-ignored perspective: that of the queens who exercised power whenever and wherever they could find it.” —Foreword Reviews Includes illustrations and genealogical tables
Clan Warfare in the Scottish Highlands
Author: David Norman MackayPublisher:
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Category : Clans
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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