Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community: Essays Presented to G. W. S. Barrow

Annotation. This new paperback edition brings together the latest thoughts on the development of the medieval Scottish kingdom. Thirteen contributors explore the central themes in medieval Scottish history - the interplay between Celtic and feudal influences; crown-magnate relations; local and national relations; and the political definition of the kingdom Medieval Scotland brings together thirteen essays specially written in honour of Professor Barrow. The contributors explore central themes in the development of the medieval Scottish kingdom, a subject which Professor Barrow has done so much to illuminate. They analyse the interplay between Celtic and feudal influences; the political definition of the kingdom; crown-magnate relations; and the relationship between the local and national communities. A complete bibliography of Professor Barrow's writings to the end of 1992 is also included Of the four peoples who made up early historical Scotland - Picts, Scots, Britons and Angles - it is the Britons about whom least is known, and about whom least has been written.