Bannockburn : the Scottish War and the British Isles, 1307-1323
Brown, Michael200806UU
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Analyses the road to Bannockburn, the campaign of 1314 and the aftermath of the fight. This work demonstrates that in both its context and legacy the battle had a central significance in the shaping of nations and identities in the late Medieval British Isles. Fought on the fields south of Stirling at midsummer 1314, the battle of Bannockburn is the best-known event in the history of Medieval Scotland. It was a unique event. The clash of two armies, each led by a king, followed a clear challenge to a battle to determine the status of Scotland and its survival as a separate realm. As a key point in the Anglo-Scottish wars of the fourteenth century, the battle has been extensively discussed, but Bannockburn was also a pivotal event in the history of the British Isles. This book analyses the road to Bannockburn, the campaign of 1314 and the aftermath of the fight. It provides both an incisive narrative of the Scottish war and a revealing examination of the impact of conflict on all the peoples of Britain and Ireland. Michael Brown demonstrates that in both its context and legacy the battle had a central significance in the shaping of nations and identities in the late Medieval British Isles.
Main title:
Bannockburn : the Scottish War and the British Isles, 1307-1323 / Michael Brown.
Author:
Brown, Michael, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press : [distributor] Marston Book Services Ltd : [distributor] University and Reference Publishers' Services (UNIREPS) : [distributor] Publishers Distribution Ltd : [distributor] Columbia University Press, 2008.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white and colour) ; 24 x 17 cm.
Biography/History:
Michael Brown is Reader in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. He has written books on <I>James I</I>, <I>The Black Douglases</I>, and volume four of Edinburgh University Press's <I>New Edinburgh History of Scotland, The Wars of Scotland 1214-1371</I> (2004).
ISBN:
9780748633333 (pbk)0748633332 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.102
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
926531
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