Scottish independence and the idea of Britain : from the Picts to Alexander III /: from the Picts to Alexander III. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dauvit Broun.
• Authors: Broun, Dauvit
• Contents: The idea of Britain -- Ancient kingdoms and island histories -- Alba as "Britain" after 900 and the Pictish antecedents of the Kingdom of the Scots -- Independence -- The Church and the beginning of Scottish independence -- Whose independence? : Bishop Jocelin of Glasgow (1175-99) and the achievement of ecclesiastical freedom -- Sovereign kingship -- The inauguration of Alexander III (1249) and the portrayal of Scotland as a sovereign kingdom -- From client king to sovereign -- National history -- The principal source used by John of Fordun for his Chronicle of the Scottish people -- The Scots as ancient and free : "proto-Fordun, " "Veremundus, " and the creation of Scottish history -- From British identity to Scottish nation.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 314 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 941.03; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; Autonomy and independence movements; Politics and government; Scotland -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Scotland -- History -- 1057-1603; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1066-1485; Great Britain; Scotland; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748685196; 0748685197; 9780748630110; 0748630112; 9780748685202; 0748685200
• Related ISBNs: 9780748623600
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-305) and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.