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Book SynopsisThis ambitious book examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity.
Trade Review...a work of diligent scholarship that makes a material and perceptive contribution to our knowledge of law, lordship, and cultural relations in medieval Scotland. -- A. D. M. Barrell Speculum: a journal of medieval studies An extremely scholarly work that fills a major hole in the historiography of medieval Scotland. Highly recommended. -- J. J. Butt, James Madison University Choice ...a work of diligent scholarship that makes a material and perceptive contribution to our knowledge of law, lordship, and cultural relations in medieval Scotland. An extremely scholarly work that fills a major hole in the historiography of medieval Scotland. Highly recommended.
Table of ContentsPart One: Land and People 1. Baronial courts in Scotland, 1150-1400 2. The perambulation of land 3. The development of 'trust in writing': written documents and seals in Scotland, 1100-1300 Part Two: Land and Law 4. Building and preserving a noble inheritance: the family of Strathearn, 1243-1332 5. Peasants, servitude and unfreedom in Scotland, 1100-1350 Conclusion: the concept of social space in medieval Scotland
