Lordship of the Isles

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

In The Lordship of the Isles, twelve specialists offer new insights on the rise and fall of the MacDonalds of Islay and the greatest Gaelic lordship of later medieval Scotland. Portrayed most often as either the independently-minded last great patrons of Scottish Gaelic culture or as dangerous rivals to the Stewart kings for mastery of Scotland, this collection navigates through such opposed perspectives to re-examine the politics, culture, society and connections of Highland and Hebridean Scotland from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. It delivers a compelling account of a land and people caught literally and figuratively between two worlds, those of the Atlantic and mainland Scotland, and of Gaelic and Anglophone culture.Contributors are David Caldwell, Sonja Cameron, Alastair Campbell, Alison Cathcart, Colin Martin, Tom McNeill, Lachlan Nicholson, Richard Oram, Michael Penman, Alasdair Ross, Geoffrey Stell and Sarah Thomas.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-07-31
Mått:155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:663 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Northern World
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Brill
Medarbetare:Richard Oram
ISBN:9789004279469

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi
Arkeologi inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Richard Oram, Ph.D (1988), University of St Andrews, is Professor of Medieval and Environmental History at the University of Stirling. He has published monographs and many articles, including Domination and Lordship: Scotland 1070-1230 (EUP, 2011).

Recensioner i media

"This collection of twelve articles plus an introduction is an extremely welcome addition to the increasingly sophisticated literature on the Gaelic culture of Highland and Hebridean Scotland from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries."Victoria Whitworth, Landscape History, Vol. 37, No. 1, DOI: 10.1080/01433768.2016.1176438, Date accessed: 5 May, 2016

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations and Maps…viiList of Abbreviations …xList of Contributors …xiiIntroductionA Celtic Dirk at Scotland’s Back? The Lordship of the Isles in Mainstream Scottish Historiography since 1828 …1Richard D. Oram1 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Climate, Weather and the Rise of the Lordship of the Isles …40Richard D. Oram2 The MacDonald Lordship and the Bruce Dynasty, c.1306–c.1371 …62Michael A. Penman3 From the River Farrar to the Loire Valley: The MacDonald Lord of the Isles, the Scottish Crown, and International Diplomacy, 1428–1438 …88Lachlan Nicholson4 Ghille Chattan Mhor and Clann Mhic an Tòisich Lands in the Clann Dhomhnail Lordship of Lochaber …101Alasdair Ross5 Bishops, Priests, Monks and Their Patrons: The Lords of the Isles and the Church …123Sarah Thomas6 ‘Contumaciously Absent’?: The Lords of the Isles and the Scottish Crown …146Sonja Cameron7 A Maritime Dominion – Sea-Power and the Lordship …176Colin Martin8 West Highland Heraldry and the Lordship of the Isles …200Alastair Campbell of Airds9 Organising a Lordship: The Castles of the MacDonalds of Dunivaig and the Glens …211T.E. McNeill10 The Lordship of the Isles: Identity Through Materiality …227David H. Caldwell11 A Spent Force?: The Clan Donald in the Aftermath of 1493 …254Alison Cathcart12 Castle Tioram and the MacDonalds of Clanranald: A Western Seaboard Castle in Context …271Geoffrey StellBibliography …297Index …319