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Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707Volume 1:The Scottish Nation: Origins to c. 1500

Edited by Bob Harris and Alan R. MacDonald

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Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c.1100-1707 aims to show the importance of Scotland’s relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion. Especially in a post-devolution era, Scottish history and Scotland deserve better than this.

Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c.1100-1707 is certainly designed to provoke but need not be taken to indicate a nationalist view of 1707 as a moment of eclipse. Scotland’s history, like all histories, resists simple generalisations. Were it otherwise, its study would not be so rewarding.

Table of contents
Preface; Illustrations; Maps; Picture Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Scotland Before 1000 by Dauvit Broun; 2. The Anglo-Norman Impact by Geoffrey Barrow; 3. The Wars of Independence by Fiona Watson; 4. The Stewart Monarchy by Michael Brown; 6. The Western Gaidhealtachd by R Andrew MacDonald; 6. The Medieval Church by Janet Foggie; 7. Scotland and Europe by David Ditchburn; 8. Townlife and Trade by Elizabeth Ewan; 9. Medieval Archaeology by Derek W Hall and Catherine Smith; 10. Rural Society and Economy by Ian Whyte; 11. Medieval Architecture by Michael Asselmeyer; 12. Medieval Literature by Nicola Royan; Index.
About the contributors

Bob Harris

Bob Harris held a personal chair in British History at the University of Dundee until 2006, since when he has been Fellow and Tutor in History at Worcester College, University of Oxford. He has published widely on eighteenth-century British and Irish political, social and cultural history. His most recent book was The Scottish People and the French Revolution, published in 2008. Between 2011-14, he has been vice chair of the Board of the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford.

Alan R. MacDonald

Alan MacDonald in Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee. Previous books include The Jacobean Kirk, 1567-1625: Sovereignty, Polity and Liturgy (Routledge, 1998) and The Burghs and Parliament in Scotland, c.1550-1651 (Ashgate, 2016). He was co-editor of the three-volume The History of the Scottish Parliament (EUP, 2004-2010).