The Reign of Alexander II, 1214-49

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14206-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

Reihe: The Northern World

This volume explores aspects of the political, social, cultural, economic and religious development of Scotland in the reign of King Alexander II (1214-49). It constitutes the first full-length, multi-author study of the king and his reign.
The nine contributors to the volume explore issues as diverse as the historiography of the reign, Anglo-Scottish relations, Church-State relations, economy and international trade, law, aristocratic symbolism, urban development and the territorial expansion of the kingdom.
This book, the first major study of a reign which saw the Scottish monarchy achieve its mastery of northern mainland Britain, is of great importance to historians of medieval Scotland and the wider British Isles. The book is illustrated with 24 colour and b/w photographs and 5 maps and plans.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oram, Richard

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors. vii
List of Illustrations. ix
List of Maps and Plans. xiii

Introduction: An Overview of the Reign of Alexander II. 1
Richard D. Oram
‘A great prince, and very greedy of this world’s honour’. The Historiography of Alexander II. 49
Norman H. Reid
Contemporary Perspectives on Alexander II’s Succession: The Evidence of King-Lists. 79
Dauvit Broun
Kingship, Conflict and State-Making in the Reign of Alexander II: The War of 1215–17 and its Context. 99
Keith J. Stringer
Scotland and the Papacy in the Reign of Alexander II. 157
Andrew D.M. Barrell
Saints and Silver: Scotland and Europe in the Age of Alexander II. 179
David Ditchburn
Alexander II and the Double Tressure. 211
John Malden
Canon Law, Custom and Legislation: Law in the Reign of Alexander II. 221
Hector L. MacQueen
Burghs and Burgesses: A Time of Consolidation?. 253
E. Patricia Dennison
Swerving from the Path of Justice: Alexander II’s Relations with Argyll and the Western Isles, 1214–1249. 285
Noel Murray

List of Abbreviations. 307
Bibliography. 313
Index. 329

Über Autor(innen)

Richard D. Oram, Ph.D. (1988) in Mediaeval History, University of St Andrews, is Lecturer in Scottish Medieval History and Environmental History at the University of Stirling. He has published extensively on medieval Scotland, including The Lordship of Galloway (Edinburgh, 2000).