Townlife in Fourteenth-century Scotland
Author: Elizabeth Ewan
Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13:
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History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland
Author: Edward J Cowan
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2011-06-06
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0748629505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600. Its purpose is to discover the character of everyday life in Scotland over time and to do so, where possible, within a comparative context. Its focus is on the mundane, but at the same time it takes heed of the people's experience of wars, famine, environmental disaster and other major causes of disturbance, and assesses the effects of longer-term processes of change in religion, politics, and economic and social affairs. In showing how the extraordinary impinged on the everyday, the book draws on every possible kind of evidence including a diverse range of documentary sources, artefactual, environmental and archaeological material, and the published work of many disciplines.The authors explore the lives of all the people of Scotland and provide unique insights into how the experience of daily life varied across time according to rank, class, gender, age, religion
Evolution of Scotland's Towns
Author: Patricia Dennison
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2018-01-23
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 1474409830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new analysis of mind/body unity, based on the philosophy of Spinoza
Medieval British Towns
Author: Heather Swanson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 1999-06-30
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1349275786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval British Towns sets out to explain the reasons for the explosion of town foundation throughout the British Isles from the twelfth century onwards and charts the subsequent development of towns through to the early sixteenth century. The raison d'etre of towns throughout the British Isles was as market places and centres of trade in an increasingly commercialised society. The comparative approach adopted here illuminates the diverging experiences of towns in the four different countries of the British Isles, but sets them within the overall context of a shared value system, where social cohesion was provided by the church. It offers a guide to students and general readers first venturing into the study of medieval urban history and provides comparative material for more experienced students of both history and the related disciplines of archaeology and historical geography.
England and Scotland in the Fourteenth Century
Author: Andy King
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1843833182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTypical accounts of Anglo-Scottish relations during the 14th century tends to present a sustained period of bitter enmity. However, this book shows that the situation was far more complex. Drawing together new perspectives from leading researchers, the essays investigate the great complexity of the Anglo-Scottish tensions.
William Wallace: The Man and the Myth
Author: Dr Chris Brown
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014-05-05
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0750957115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam Wallace of Elderslie, younger son of a country knight, came to fame through his active opposition to the aggressive imperialism of England's King Edward I. From political and social obscurity he seized control of the reins of government and became the first leader of his people in a war of liberation against a far larger and richer enemy – England – that would last for more than sixty years. With little or no experience in the business of government or of war, William Wallace was able to achieve command, but proved unable to retain it in the face of battlefield defeat. In this updated edition of his groundbreaking work, Chris Brown cuts through the myths still perpetuated today to produce a biography driven by contemporary medieval records rather than Victorian legends and present an accurate portrait of the life and career of Scotland's greatest hero.
Urban Politics and the British Civil Wars
Author: Laura Stewart
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2006-06-01
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9047409760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines Edinburgh's contribution to the outbreak of the British civil wars and its importance in the establishment of the revolutionary Covenanting regime. Early modern urban culture, multiple monarchy and post-Reformation religious radicalism are key themes of the book.
Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing
Author: Evelyn S. Newlyn
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2004-04-29
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0230502202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection is the first critical and theoretical study of women as the subjects of writing and as writers in Medieval and Early-Modern Scottish literature. The essays draw on a diverse range of literary, historical, cultural and religious sources in Scots, Gaelic and English to discover the complex ways in which 'Woman' was represented and by which women represented themselves as creative subjects. Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing brings to light previously unknown writing by women in the early modern period and offers as well new interpretations of early Scottish texts from feminist and theoretical perspectives.
Crime and Community in Reformation Scotland
Author: J R D Falconer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-10-06
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1317320832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on church and state records from the burgh of Aberdeen, this study explores the deeper social meaning behind petty crime during the Reformation. Falconer argues that an analysis of both criminal behaviour and law enforcement provides a unique view into the workings of an early modern urban Scottish community.
The Cambridge Urban History of Britain
Author: Peter Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780521444613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys the history of British towns from their post-Roman origins down to the sixteenth century.
