Author: Ebenezer HENDERSON (LL.D., F.R.A.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Royal Tombs at Dunfermline
Author: Ebenezer HENDERSON (LL.D., F.R.A.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Royal Tombs of Great Britain
Author: Aidan DodsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The first archaeological guide to all of the royal tombs of the British Isles
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368871013
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
County Folk-Lore - Volume VII - Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Fife with Some Notes on Clackmannan and Kinross-Shires
Author: John Ewart SimpkinsPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528799542
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Part of the successful county folklore series - this book is packed full of superstitions, customs and old wives tales. A great book for anybody in or around Fife, or with an interest in the rich folklore of the United Kingdom. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Blood Royal
Author: Robert BartlettPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108490670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
An engaging history of royal and imperial families and dynastic power, enriched by a body of surprising and memorable source material.
The Kings and Queens of Scotland: Classic Histories Series
Author: Richard OramPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075247099X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The history of the Scottish monarchy is a long tale of triumph over adversity, characterised by the personal achievements of remarkable rulers who transformed their fragile kingdom into the master of northern Britain. The Kings and Queens of Scotland charts that process, from the earliest Scots and Pictish kings of around ad 400 through to the union of parliaments in 1707, tracing it through the lives of the men and women whose ambitions drove it forward on the often rocky path from its semi-mythical foundations to its integration into the Stewart kingdom of Great Britain. It is a route waymarked with such towering personalities as Macbeth, Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of Scots, but directed also by a host of less well-known figures such as David I, who extended his kingdom almost to the gates of York, and James IV, builder of the finest navy in northern Europe. Their will and ambition, successes and failures not only shaped modern Scotland, but have left their mark throughout the British Isles and the wider world.
Death and the Royal Succession in Scotland, C.1214-C.1543
Author: LUCINDA H. S. DEANPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1837651728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Illuminates how the ceremonial dimension of death and the succession reflected both Scottish royal identity and a broader culture of ceremony. To date, scholarly attention to royal ceremony in Scotland from the Middle Ages into the early modern period has been rather haphazard, with few attempts to explore how these crucial moments for the representation of royal authority. This monograph provides a long durée analysis of the ceremonial cycle of death and succession associated with Scottish kingship from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, including the final century of the Canmore dynasty, the crisis of the Bruce-Balliol conflict, and the emergence and consolidation of the Stewart family up to the funeral of last monarch buried in Scotland, James V, in 1543. Using a broad range of primary sources, including financial records and material culture, many of them previously untapped, it addresses key questions about kingship and power, the function of ceremony in legitimising royal authority, its significance in relation to the practical exercising of power, and evidence for Scottish similarities and distinctiveness within wider European contexts.
Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and the British Isles
Author: Kate BuchananPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317098145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
What use is it to be given authority over men and lands if others do not know about it? Furthermore, what use is that authority if those who know about it do not respect it or recognise its jurisdiction? And what strategies and 'language' -written and spoken, visual and auditory, material, cultural and political - did those in authority throughout the medieval and early modern era use to project and make known their power? These questions have been crucial since regulations for governance entered society and are found at the core of this volume. In order to address these issues from an historical perspective, this collection of essays considers representations of authority made by a cross-section of society within the British Isles. Arranged in thematic sections, the 14 essays in the collection bridge the divide between medieval and early modern to build up understanding of the developments and continuities that can be followed across the centuries in question. Whether crown or noble, government or church, burgh or merchant; all desired power and influence, but their means of representing authority were very different. These essays encompass a myriad of methods demonstrating power and disseminating the image of authority, including: material culture, art, literature, architecture and landscapes, saintly cults, speeches and propaganda, martial posturing and strategic alliances, music, liturgy and ceremonial display. Thus, this interdisciplinary collection illuminates the variable forms in which authority was presented by key individuals and institutions in Scotland and the British Isles. By placing these within the context of the European powers with whom they interacted, this volume also underlines the unique relationships developed between the people and those who exercised authority over them.
Fife Folk Tales
Author: Sheila KinninmonthPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075098192X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Storyteller Sheila Kinninmonth brings together stories from the coastal fishing villages, rushing rivers, magical green farmland and rolling hills of Fife. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet Scottish Kings and Queens, saints and sinners, witches and wizards, ghosts and giants, broonies, fools and tricksters – all as fantastical and powerful as the landscape they inhabit. Retold in an engaging style, and richly illustrated with unique line drawings, these humorous, clever and enchanting folk tales are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.
Author: M. Barbieri