The Wars of Scotland 1214-1371

Brown.

The Wars of Scotland 1214-1371 - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland : Edinburgh University Press. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

part 1. The Scottish realm (1214-86). King and kingdom -- Alexander II -- Alexander III -- The sea kings -- Lords and communities: political society in the thirteenth century -- Church and realm -- Scotland and the Anglo-French world -- part 2. War and the reshaping of Scotland (1286-1371). The crisis of kingship (1286-96) -- The Scottish wars (1297-1314) -- Robert I -- The War of the Three Kings (1332-57) -- Lord of the Isles -- Europe and the Scottish wars -- Allegiance and identity -- The legacy of war: Scotland in the 1360s -- Conclusion: A united kingdom?

Between the mid-13th and mid-14th centuries, Scotland experienced a period of crisis, as she struggled to maintain her position as a distinct realm and community. This volume describes the wars of the period and examines their impact on the anglicized and gaelicized worlds of the British Isles.



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