Edward J. Cowan / Lizanne Henderson

A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland

Herausgeber: Cowan, Edward J.; Henderson, Lizanne

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600.

Produktdetails

• A History of Everyday Life in Scotland
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780748621576
• ISBN-10: 0748621571
• Artikelnr.: 30884779

Autorenporträt

Edward J. Cowan, Emeritus Professor, formerly Professor of Scottish History at the University of Glasgow and Director of the university's Dumfries Campus, previously taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Guelph, Ontario. A fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, he is much in demand as a speaker, journalist and broadcaster and has been a Visiting Professor in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. His most recent publications are The Wallace Book (revised edition 2010), For Freedom Alone: The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 (revised edition 2008), and Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage (2007). He is currently working on a book on The Arctic Scots. Lizanne Henderson is Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture (2009) and co-author, with Edward J. Cowan, of Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents List of Figures Series Editors' Forward Christopher A. Whatley and
Elizabeth Foyster Introduction: Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland Edward
J. Cowan and Lizanne Henderson Chapter 1. Landscape and People Fiona Watson
Chapter 2. The Worldview of Scottish Vikings in the Age of the Sagas Edward
J. Cowan Chapter 3. Sacred and Banal: The Discovery of Everyday Medieval
Material Culture Jenny Shiels and Stuart Campbell Chapter 4. The Family
David Sellar Chapter 5. 'Hamperit in ane hony came': Sights, Sounds and
Smells in the Medieval Town Elizabeth Ewan Chapter 6. Playtime Everday: The
Material Culture of Medieval Gaming Mark Hall Chapter 7. Women of
Independence in Barbour's Bruce and Blind Harry's Wallace Rebecca Boorsma
Chapter 8. Everyday Life in the Histories of Scotland from Walter Bower to
George Buchanan Nicola Royan Chapter 9. Disease, Death and the Hereafter in
Medieval Scotland Richard D. Oram Chapter 10. 'Detestable Slaves of the
Devil': Changing Ideas about Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
Lizanne Henderson Chapter 11. Glasgwegians: The First One Thousand Years
Edward J. Cowan Chapter 12. Marian Devotion in Scotland and the Shrine of
Loreto Audrey-Beth Fitch Annotated Bibliography Notes on the Contributors
Index