The Declaration of Arbroath: History, Significance, Setting - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 090390327X ISBN 13: 9780903903271

Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2003

Synopsis

The seven essays in this volume were given as lectures at a weekend conference held at Arbroath on 20-21 October 2001, organised and sponsored by Angus Council, Historic Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The aim of the conference was to give a group of experts, representing a diversity of views, the opportunity to reassess the significance of one of the most famous documents of Scottish history, and to place it in the context of medieval and modern Arbroath. The chronological span reaches from the first beginnings of a kingdom of Alba or Scotland to pageants in present-day Arbroath and the establishment of 'Tartan Day' in the United States. The core of the book is medieval, but all the essays help to show us why a document composed in Latin in 1320 can still be the object of eager debate and conflicting interpretations as we move into the twenty-first century.

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About the Author

Geoffrey Barrow graduated at St Andrews University in 1948 and took a B.Litt. at Oxford in 1950. He taught history at Univeristy College London and the universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and St Andrews before being appointed to the Sir William Fraser Chair of Scottish History at the Univeristy of Edinburgh, which he held from 1979 to 1992. He has publisherd ten books and over a hundred articles on many aspects of Scottish history, including one on the connection between Rober Bruce and the Declaration of Arbroath.

From the Inside Flap

'An absorbing and stimulating collection of essays on the most enduringly fascinating medieval Scottish document and its context, local, national and international, from its medieval origins to its modern iconic status in Scotland and across the world.'
Alan MacDonal, University of Dundee

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 090390327X
• ISBN 13: 9780903903271
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148
• Editor: Barrow G.W.S.