History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461377503321
• Autore: Cowan Edward J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-22160-8; 9786613221605; 0-7486-2950-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Collana: A History of Everyday Life in Scotland
• Altri autori (Persone): HendersonLizanne
• Disciplina: 941.1
• Soggetti: Scotland -- History; Scotland -- Social conditions -- History; Scotland -- Social life and customs -- History; Regions & Countries - Europe; History & Archaeology; Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Series Editorsâ€? Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 Landscape and People""; ""Chapter 2 The Worldview of Scottish Vikings in the Age of the Sagas""; ""Chapter 3 Sacred and Banal: The Discovery of Everyday Medieval Material Culture""; ""Chapter 4 The Family""; ""Chapter 5 â€?Hamperit in ane hony cameâ€?: Sights, Sounds and Smells in the Medieval Town""; ""Chapter 6 Playtime Everyday: The Material Culture of Medieval Gaming""; ""Chapter 7 Women of Independence in Barbourâ€?s Bruce and Blind Harryâ€?s Wallace""; ""Chapter 8 Everyday Life in the Histories of Scotland from Walter Bower to George Buchanan""""Chapter 9 Disease, Death and the Hereafter in Medieval Scotland""; ""Chapter 10 â€?Detestable Slaves of the Devilâ€?: Changing Ideas about Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland""; ""Chapter 11 Glaswegians: The First One Thousand Years""; ""Chapter 12 Marian Devotion in Scotland and the Shrine of Loreto""; ""Annotated ; Bibliography""; ""Notes on the Contributors""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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 imp