Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain : : From the Picts to Alexander III /

Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain : : From the Picts to Alexander III / / Dauvit Broun.

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When did Scots first think of Scotland as an independent kingdom? What did they think was Scotland's place in Britain before the age of Wallace and Bruce? The answers argued in this book offer a fresh perspective on the question of Scotland's relationship with Britain. It challenges the st...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Broun, Dauvit,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2007
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Map
  • Genealogical Table
  • 1. Introduction
  • PART I: THE IDEA OF BRITAIN
  • 2. Ancient Kingdoms and Island Histories
  • 3. Alba as ‘Britain’ after 900 and the Pictish Antecedents of the Kingdom of the Scots
  • PART II: INDEPENDENCE
  • 4. The Church and the Beginning of Scottish Independence
  • 5. Whose Independence? Bishop Jocelin of Glasgow (1175–99) and the Achievement of Ecclesiastical Freedom
  • PART III: SOVEREIGN KINGSHIP
  • 6. The Inauguration of Alexander III (1249) and the Portrayal of Scotland as a Sovereign Kingdom
  • 7. From Client King to Sovereign
  • PART IV: NATIONAL HISTORY
  • 8. The Principal Source used by John of Fordun for his Chronicle of the Scottish People
  • 9. The Scots as Ancient and Free: ‘Proto-Fordun’, ‘Veremundus’ and the Creation of Scottish History
  • 10. Conclusion: from British Identity to Scottish Nation
  • Bibliography of Works Cited
  • Index

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