The Reign of Alexander II, 1214-49 / / edited by Richard Oram

• Pubblicazione: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.102
• Soggetto geografico: Scotland History Alexander II, 1214-1249
• Persona (resp. second.): OramRichard D.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Reign of Alexander II, 1214-49
• ISBN: 1-280-86748-5; 9786610867486; 1-4294-5261-7; 90-474-0682-6; 1-4337-0432-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784185103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Northern World ; ; 16.