Earls and Earldoms in Medieval Scotland

From the Picts to c.1500
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-83765-079-8
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 244 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Reihe: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History

Sheds new light on how the structure of Scotland as a kingdom and political society changed during the medieval period.

Medieval Scotland was defined not just as a kingdom but as a collection of provinces, such as Fife, Angus, Atholl, Buchan and Moray; they were deeply-rooted and are still well-known today. In many of these provinces, some sense of leadership became embodied in a single lord, described as mormaer, comes or earl. Between the ninth and fifteenth centuries the meaning and use of these titles changed, but individually and collectively the earls were a key group in the kingdom, whose existence became bound up with the standing of the royal dynasty.

This study of the earls and earldoms of medieval Scotland is not simply an examination of a single group within the nobility. More widely, it considers the ways in which the structure of Scotland changed during the Middle Ages, from a regional perspective. Through its analysis of the changing nature of provincial societies within Scotland and the roles assigned to the earls, it demonstrates how, developing in parallel with the government and society of the kingdom, these earldoms represented both distinctive entities and core elements of Scotland from its origins to the early sixteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Michael H

Weitere Mitwirkende

Boardman, Steven

Broun, Dauvit

Brown, Michael H

Taylor, Alice

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 'The Liberties and Rights of the Seven Earls of Scotland'.
MICHAEL BROWN

Chapter One. The Origins of the Mormáer.
DAUVIT BROUN

Chapter Two. The Comes in Twelfth-Century Scotland.
ALICE TAYLOR

Chapter Three. Kings and Earls in Fourteenth-Century Scotland.
STEVE BOARDMAN

Chapter Four. The Transformation of the Scottish Earldom in the Fifteenth Century.
MICHAEL BROWN

Afterword
MICHAEL BROWN

Appendix: Earls and Earldoms in Scotland (1300-1513)

Über Autor(innen)

Brown, Michael H
MICHAEL BROWN is the Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews.

Boardman, Steven
Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland.

Brown, Michael H
MICHAEL BROWN is the Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews.