The Irish Identity of the Kingdom of the Scots in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (Studies in Celtic History, 18) (Volume 18) - Hardcover

Broun, Dauvit

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851153755 ISBN 13: 9780851153759

Publisher: Boydell Press, 1999

Synopsis

The close ties between Gaels of Ireland and Scotland are well known, but in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the elite in the core areas of the kingdom of the Scots apparently turned their backs on Gaelic culture. This book takes a new look at the issue, investigating the extent to which Scottish men of letters of the period identified the Scottish kingdom and its inhabitants with Ireland, and exploring the function of the kingdom's Irish identity. Dr Broun argues that a perceived historical link with Ireland was a fundamental feature of the kingdom's identity throughout the period, and discusses the beginnings of a Scottish national identity in the 1290s and early 1300s. His evidence is based on a thorough examination of accounts of Scottish origins, the royal genealogy, and regnal lists, which articulated perceptions of the kingdom's identity; included are new editions of the origin-legend material in Book I of Fordun's Chronica Gentis Scottorum; hitherto unknown witnesses of Scottish king-lists; and texts of the royal genealogy.Dr DAUVIT BROUNis lecturer in Scottish history at the University of Glasgow.

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Important and timely... fine work of scholarship... This outstandingbook has brought our understanding of the medieval Gaelic world onto anew level. SCOTTISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

About this edition

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0851153755
• ISBN 13: 9780851153759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238