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  • The question of illegitimacy was as important and complex in Scotland as elsew... The question of illegitimacy was as important and complex in Scotland as elsewhere in the Middle Ages. This book examines its legal political and social implications there between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries. It explores illegitimacy in... more
  • Medieval Christian European and Arabic-Islamic cultures are both notable for t... Medieval Christian European and Arabic-Islamic cultures are both notable for the wealth and diversity of their geographical literature yet to date there has been relatively little attempt to compare medieval Christian and Islamic mapping traditions... more
  • Scotland is famed for being a haunted nation whare ghaists and houlets nightly... Scotland is famed for being a haunted nation whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. Medieval Scots told stories of restless souls and walking corpses but after the 1560 Reformation witches and demons became the focal point for explorations of the... more
  • Scotland is famed for being a haunted nation whare ghaists and houlets nightly... Scotland is famed for being a haunted nation whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. Medieval Scots told stories of restless souls and walking corpses but after the 1560 Reformation witches and demons became the focal point for explorations of the... more
  • Offers a fresh perspective on the role of the court in late medieval Scotland ... Offers a fresh perspective on the role of the court in late medieval Scotland framing it within the wider field of court studies highlighting its centrality to the effective government for which James IV is renowned. James IV is regarded by many... more
  • Previously unavailable archival sources reveal the socially disruptive impact ... Previously unavailable archival sources reveal the socially disruptive impact of the First World War in Scotland. While a great deal has been written on Scotland and the First World War the question of how it affected criminality has been... more
  • An examination of the last attempt to enforce Presbyterian religious uniformit... An examination of the last attempt to enforce Presbyterian religious uniformity across Scotland and how toleration was perceived on the eve of the Enlightenment. The revolution of 1688-90 was regarded by many as an opportunity to return the Church... more
  • In this book leading medieval scholars discuss the impact of English imperiali... In this book leading medieval scholars discuss the impact of English imperialism and the ways in which English and wider European cultural norms were transmitted outwards towards Ireland Scotland and Wales from the Norman Conquest onwards. The... more
  • The experience of immigration to Australia from Scotland is outlined here from... The experience of immigration to Australia from Scotland is outlined here from daily life and occupation to interactions with the indigenous inhabitants. Despite their significant presence Scots have often been invisible in histories of Australian... more
  • Despite their significant presence Scots have often been invisible in historie... Despite their significant presence Scots have often been invisible in histories of Australian migration. This book illuminates the many experiences of the Scots in Australia from the first colonists in the late-eighteenth century until the hopeful... more
  • A comparative analysis of maritime law and its administration in five northern... A comparative analysis of maritime law and its administration in five northern European towns.This volume is an important addition to the history of Scotland and European law utilising innovative research and methodologies to highlight Scotland s... more
  • This book examines the climatic and economic origins of the last national fami... This book examines the climatic and economic origins of the last national famine to occur in Scotland the nature and extent of the crisis which ensued and what the impact of the famine was upon the population in demographic economic and social... more
  • For the British government s supporters in Scotland in the 1790s one thing was... For the British government s supporters in Scotland in the 1790s one thing was paramount: they were fighting French principles in any shape or form they might take. Whether this meant defeating the influence of French revolutionary ideas in Scotland... more
  • Henry Scott the third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812) presided over the manageme... Henry Scott the third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812) presided over the management of one of the largest landed estates in Britain during a time of dramatic agrarian social and political change. Tutored and advised by the philosopher Adam Smith the... more
  • Henry Scott the third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812) presided over the manageme... Henry Scott the third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812) presided over the management of one of the largest landed estates in Britain during a time of dramatic agrarian social and political change. Tutored and advised by the philosopher Adam Smith the... more
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