The Balliol Dynasty

Author : Amanda Beam
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788854020
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Balliol Dynasty written by Amanda Beam and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2008-05-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the political ambitions and influences of the Balliol dynasty in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Scotland, England and France. The generally accepted opinion in previous historiography was that John (II), king of Scots from 1292 to 1296, and Edward Balliol (d. 1364) were politically weak men and unsuccessful kings. In a reassessment of the patriarch of the family, John (I) (d.1268), the Balliols are revealed as committed English lords and loyal servants of the kings of England, underlining how the family has been unfairly judged for centuries by both chroniclers and historians, who have assessed them as Scottish kings rather than as English lords. Despite the forfeiture of the Balliol estates in England and Scotland in 1926, John (II) and Edward retained close relationships with the successive English kings and used these connections to fuel their political ambitions. Their kingships illustrate their desires to recover some influence in English politics which the family had enjoyed in the mid-thirteenth century. This re-evaluation of the Balliols highlights their relationship with the English crown.

Author : S. T. Ambler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198754027
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bishops in the Political Community of England, 1213-1272 written by S. T. Ambler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteenth-century England was a special place and time to be a bishop. Like their predecessors, these bishops were key members of the regnal community: anointers of kings, tenants-in-chief, pastors, counsellors, scholars, diplomats, the brothers and friends of kings and barons, and the protectors of the weak. But now circumstance and personality converged to produce an uncommonly dedicated episcopate-dedicated not only to its pastoral mission but also to the defence of the kingdom and the oversight of royal government. This cohort was bound by corporate solidarity and a vigorous culture, and possessed an authority to reform the king, and so influence political events, unknown by the episcopates of other kingdoms. These bishops were, then, to place themselves at the heart of the dramatic events of this era. This volume examines the interaction between the bishops' actions on the ground and their culture, identity, and political thought. In so doing it reveals how the Montfortian bishops were forced to construct a new philosophy of power in the crucible of political crisis, and thus presents a new ideal-type in the study of politics and political thought: spontaneous ideology.

Author : Anne Curry
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843836742
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century written by Anne Curry and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays throwing fresh light on what it was like to be a medieval soldier, drawing on archival research.

Author : Benjamin J. Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Norman Balliols in England, Comp. in Part from Mr. Wentworth Huyshe's Harold and the Balliols, with Illustrations and Additional Matter, Including Two Introductory and Two Concluding Chapters and a Pedigree written by Benjamin J. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benjamin F. Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norman Balliols in England written by Benjamin F. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dr Chris Brown
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750957115
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Wallace: The Man and the Myth written by Dr Chris Brown and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Wallace of Elderslie, younger son of a country knight, came to fame through his active opposition to the aggressive imperialism of England's King Edward I. From political and social obscurity he seized control of the reins of government and became the first leader of his people in a war of liberation against a far larger and richer enemy – England – that would last for more than sixty years. With little or no experience in the business of government or of war, William Wallace was able to achieve command, but proved unable to retain it in the face of battlefield defeat. In this updated edition of his groundbreaking work, Chris Brown cuts through the myths still perpetuated today to produce a biography driven by contemporary medieval records rather than Victorian legends and present an accurate portrait of the life and career of Scotland's greatest hero.

Author : Stephen Boardman
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788854411
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Stewart Kings written by Stephen Boardman and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland series aims to bring the rich political heritage of late medieval and early modern Scotland before as wide a reading public as possible, with specialist authors writing for the general reader as well as the student or academic. This volume is number one in the series and is also the first scholarly biography of the two kings who established medieval Scotland's most famous and durable royal dynasty. Robert II, long regarded as a weak and ineffective king, pursued a determined political and propaganda campaign which largely overcame initial political opposition. Robert III was forced to engage in a long-term struggle with his brother Albany for control of the kingdom. Firmly based on contemporary documentary sources, Stephen Boardman's study examines the ways in which the unjustly poor reputations of both kings grew from later embellishments to contemporary political propaganda.

Author : Michael Lynch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199234825
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Scottish History written by Michael Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searchable online reference covers more than 20 centuries of history, and interpret history broadly, covering areas such as archaeology, climate, culture, languages, immigration, migration, and emigration. Multi-authored entries analyze key themes such as national identity, women and society, living standards, and religious belief across the centuries in an authoritative yet approachable way. The A-Z entries are complemented by maps, genealogies, a glossary, a chronology, and an extensive guide to further reading.--From title screen.

Author : Iain A. MacInnes
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783271442
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332-1357 written by Iain A. MacInnes and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-length study of the warfare between England and Scotland in the mid fourteenth century.

Author : Andy King
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843833182
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book England and Scotland in the Fourteenth Century written by Andy King and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2007 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typical accounts of Anglo-Scottish relations during the 14th century tends to present a sustained period of bitter enmity. However, this book shows that the situation was far more complex. Drawing together new perspectives from leading researchers, the essays investigate the great complexity of the Anglo-Scottish tensions.