The reign of Alexander II, 1214-49

Author(s)

• Oram, Richard D.

Bibliographic Information

The reign of Alexander II, 1214-49

edited by Richard D. Oram

（The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. : peoples, economies and cultures, v. 16）

Brill, 2005

Note

Bibliography: p. [313]-327

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume explores aspects of the political, social, cultural, economic and religious development of Scotland in the reign of King Alexander II (1214-49). It constitutes the first full-length, multi-author study of the king and his reign. The nine contributors to the volume explore issues as diverse as the historiography of the reign, Anglo-Scottish relations, Church-State relations, economy and international trade, law, aristocratic symbolism, urban development and the territorial expansion of the kingdom. This book, the first major study of a reign which saw the Scottish monarchy achieve its mastery of northern mainland Britain, is of great importance to historians of medieval Scotland and the wider British Isles. The book is illustrated with 24 colour and b/w photographs and 5 maps and plans.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors .. vii List of Illustrations .. ix List of Maps and Plans .. xiii Introduction: An Overview of the Reign of Alexander II .. 1 Richard D. Oram 'A great prince, and very greedy of this world's honour'. The Historiography of Alexander II .. 49 Norman H. Reid Contemporary Perspectives on Alexander II's Succession: The Evidence of King-Lists .. 79 Dauvit Broun Kingship, Conflict and State-Making in the Reign of Alexander II: The War of 1215-17 and its Context .. 99 Keith J. Stringer Scotland and the Papacy in the Reign of Alexander II .. 157 Andrew D.M. Barrell Saints and Silver: Scotland and Europe in the Age of Alexander II .. 179 David Ditchburn Alexander II and the Double Tressure .. 211 John Malden Canon Law, Custom and Legislation: Law in the Reign of Alexander II .. 221 Hector L. MacQueen Burghs and Burgesses: A Time of Consolidation? .. 253 E. Patricia Dennison Swerving from the Path of Justice: Alexander II's Relations with Argyll and the Western Isles, 1214-1249 .. 285 Noel Murray List of Abbreviations .. 307 Bibliography .. 313 Index .. 329

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Details

• NCID: BA79631392
• ISBN:
  • 9004142061
• LCCN: 2005042078
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 343 p., [28] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA782.6
  • DC22 : 941.102
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Scotland -- History -- Alexander II, 1214-1249
  • LCSH : Alexander, II, King of Scotland, 1198-1249
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA5815369X