A history that is equally entertaining and enlightening, illustrating all of the changes of power and intricacies that are necessary to understand the interrelation between England and Scotland and the Highland and Lowland populations. It shows how Duncan (1034-40) emerged from 'the union of the four peoples' as the first king of a united Scotland and provides detailed, reign-by-reign accounts from then on. Above all Professor Mackie reveals how the Scots long pursued an independent line - in religion, law, culture and foreign policy - that helped them keep at bay the Romans, the French and the English.…mehr
A history that is equally entertaining and enlightening, illustrating all of the changes of power and intricacies that are necessary to understand the interrelation between England and Scotland and the Highland and Lowland populations. It shows how Duncan (1034-40) emerged from 'the union of the four peoples' as the first king of a united Scotland and provides detailed, reign-by-reign accounts from then on. Above all Professor Mackie reveals how the Scots long pursued an independent line - in religion, law, culture and foreign policy - that helped them keep at bay the Romans, the French and the English.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bruce Lenman is Professor of History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. John Duncan Mackie (1887-1978) taught at St Andrews, Glasgow and London universities before being appointed Historiographer Royal of Scotland in 1958.
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A History of Scotland - J. D. Mackie Introduction to the Second Edition Acknowledgments A Note on Scottish Currency 1. The Land and Its People 2. The Union of the Four Peoples 3. The House of Canmore 4. Wars of Independence 1286-1371 5. The Crown and the Barons 1371-1488 6. The Renaissance and the New Monarchy 7. The Reformation 8. The Counter-Reformation and the Claim to the English Crown 9. The Union of the Crowns 1587-1603 10. The Crown and the Kirk 1603-25 11. The Presbyterian Revolution: Charles I 1625-49 12. Cromwell 13. The Restored Monarchy 14. The Revolution Settlement and the Union of Parliaments (1707) 15. The Union in Operation: The Jacobites 16. The Eighteenth-Century Development 17. Unrest and Reform 18. Victorian Scotland 19. Modern Scotland Suggestions for Further Reading Index List of Maps: 1. Scotland: The Land and Its People 2. The Anglo-Norman Penetration, the Frontier and the Lordship of the Isles 3. The Wars of Independence 4. Scotland During the Civil Wars 5. The Jacobite Rebellions
A History of Scotland - J. D. Mackie Introduction to the Second Edition Acknowledgments A Note on Scottish Currency 1. The Land and Its People 2. The Union of the Four Peoples 3. The House of Canmore 4. Wars of Independence 1286-1371 5. The Crown and the Barons 1371-1488 6. The Renaissance and the New Monarchy 7. The Reformation 8. The Counter-Reformation and the Claim to the English Crown 9. The Union of the Crowns 1587-1603 10. The Crown and the Kirk 1603-25 11. The Presbyterian Revolution: Charles I 1625-49 12. Cromwell 13. The Restored Monarchy 14. The Revolution Settlement and the Union of Parliaments (1707) 15. The Union in Operation: The Jacobites 16. The Eighteenth-Century Development 17. Unrest and Reform 18. Victorian Scotland 19. Modern Scotland Suggestions for Further Reading Index List of Maps: 1. Scotland: The Land and Its People 2. The Anglo-Norman Penetration, the Frontier and the Lordship of the Isles 3. The Wars of Independence 4. Scotland During the Civil Wars 5. The Jacobite Rebellions
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