Scotland - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845860306 ISBN 13: 9781845860301

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Part of the authoriative and thought -provoking five-volume series - Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707. Volume 5 (Major Documents) is a collection of primary sources chosen by the authors of the chapters in volumes 1 and 2, giving the reader direct access to the original documents upon which historians make their judgements about the past. This volume can be read in conjunction with volumes 1-4 but it also stands alone as an excellent collection of primary sources from medieval and early modern Scotland, some of which have never before been published.

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About the Author

Alan MacDonald is a senior lecturer in History at the University of Dundee, with a particular interest in the history of early modern Scotland, especially the history of the church and of parliament.

From the Back Cover

SCOTLAND:The Making and Unmaking of the NationC.1100-1707VOLUME 5MAJOR DOCUMENTSThis is one of a five-volume series, Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c.1100-1707. Volumes 1 and 3 were published in 200, and volumes 2, 4 and 5 in 2007 for the 300th anniversary of the parliamentary union of Scotland with England.The series shows the importance of Scottish relationships and involvement in a broader European story, and aims to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions about the Scottish past which still exert a firm grip on general opinion, even in a post-devolution era.This is a companion series to the earlier Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present published in 1998 as a collaboration between the University of Dundee and the Open University in Scotland. Written by leading academics for the Distance Learning course run by the two universities, the series is aimed also at a wide readership – anyone with a serious interest in Scottish history – and presents the fruits of the latest research in a readable style. The volumes can be read singly, or as a series.The title of the new series is designed to provoke but need not be taken to indicate a nationalist view of 1707 as a moment of eclipse. Scotland’s history, like all histories, resists simple generalisations. Were it otherwise, its study would not be so rewarding.Caroline Erskine is Teaching Fellow in Modern History at the University of St Andrews, Alan MacDonald is Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee, and Michael Penman is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of StirlingThe cover illustration shows the Declaration of Arbroath, sp13/7© National Archives of ScotlandDesign by James Hutcheson[DUP logo]

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845860306
• ISBN 13: 9781845860301
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Caroline Erskine, Alan R. MacDonald, Michael Penman