Kingship and Unity: Scotland, 1000-1306 (The New History of Scotland Series) - Hardcover

Barrow, G.W.S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713163062 ISBN 13: 9780713163063

Publisher: Hodder Arnold H&S, 1981

Synopsis

VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges and is in protective wrapper but has light fading to spine. Book has clean and bright contents.

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Review

A masterly work and essential reading for students of Scottish history. Brilliant! a summation of three decades of scholarly thought and endeavour! This book is the work of a superbly accomplished historian, and it distils for us in masterly fashion the essence of early medieval Scotland. The sense of place and the sense of lineage pervade this book, combining with the author's wide-ranging command of the period in its broader dimensions to give the reader a picture of medieval Scotland which surely surpasses anything hitherto available both in the clarity of its outline and the sharpness of the illustrative detail! a combination of the general with the particular which is the lifeblood of historical writing. A masterly work and essential reading for students of Scottish history. Brilliant! a summation of three decades of scholarly thought and endeavour! This book is the work of a superbly accomplished historian, and it distils for us in masterly fashion the essence of early medieval Scotland. The sense of place and the sense of lineage pervade this book, combining with the author's wide-ranging command of the period in its broader dimensions to give the reader a picture of medieval Scotland which surely surpasses anything hitherto available both in the clarity of its outline and the sharpness of the illustrative detail! a combination of the general with the particular which is the lifeblood of historical writing.

About the Author

Geoffrey Barrow was Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh, 1979-92, where he is currently Professor Emeritus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder Arnold H&S
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0713163062
• ISBN 13: 9780713163063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192