Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2013

0748685197 / 9780748685196

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Paperback. When did Scots first think of Scotland as an independent kingdom? What did they think was Scotlands place in Britain before the age of Wallace and Bruce? The answers argued in this book offer a fresh perspective on the question of Scotlands relationship with Britain. It challenges the standard concept of the Scots as an ancient nation whose British identity only emerged in the early modern era, but also provides new evidence that the idea of Scotland as an independent kingdom was older than the age of Wallace and Bruce.This leads to radical reassessments of a range of fundamental issues: the fate of Pictish identity and the origins of Alba, the status of Scottish kingship vis-a-vis England, the papacys recognition of the independence of the Scottish Church, and the idea of Scottish freedom. It also sheds new light on the authorship of John of Forduns chronicle, the first full-scale history of the Scots, and offers an historical explanation of the widespread English inability to distinguish between England and Britain. All this is placed in the wider context of ideas of ultimate secular power in Britain and Ireland and the construction of national histories in this period. The book concludes with a fresh perspective on the origin of national identity, and the medieval and specifically Scottish contribution to understanding what is often regarded as an exclusively modern phenomenon. This book offers a fresh perspective on the question of Scotlands relationship with Britain. It challenges the standard concept of the Scots as an ancient nation whose British identity only emerged in the early modern era. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain (Paperback)
Author
Dauvit Broun
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
Publication year
2013
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0748685197
ISBN 13
9780748685196

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