The kings of Alba : c.1000-c.1130 /: c.1000-c.1130. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alasdair Ross.
• Authors: Ross, Alasdair
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1 The Rising Sun: Environment and Landscape, c.1000-c.1130 -- Assessing the environment and economy of north Britain -- Landscape division and assessment -- Redefining the davoch: the building blocks of Pictland and Alba? -- 2 Defining Alba and the Albanaig, Post-c.900 -- Historiography -- Mormaer, Toísech, Cro, and Kelchyn: the structure of Albanian society -- The Church -- 3 Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer? North Britain, c.1000 to c.1130 -- Defining eleventh-century Moray -- Usurpers, rebels, and malcontents? -- Alba and Moray: two kingdoms or one? -- Moray, Fortriu, and Alba: two kingdoms or three? -- Pannonians, pirates, and Pictish wives: the medieval origin legend of the people of Moray -- King MacBethad mac Findláich: the view from Scotia -- King Lulach mac Gilla Comgáin and his kin -- Strathclyde/Cumbria -- 4 King Máel Coluim Mac Donnchada -- Enemies, domestic and foreign -- Durham, St Cuthbert, and the Church -- 5 Civil War within Clann Custantín Meic Cináeda, 1093-1097 -- The sons and grandsons of Ingibjorg -- The wicked uncle? King Domnall bán mac Donnchada, November 1093-May 1094 -- King Donnchad mac Máel Coluim, May/June to November 1094 -- The return of the king(s): King Domnall bán mac Donnchada and Edmund, 1094-1097 -- 6 The Beginnings of a New Order, 1097-1124? -- King Edgar mac Máel Coluim, 1097-8 January 1107 -- King Alexander mac Máel Coluim, 1107-1124 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh, Scotland : John Donald
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
• Subjects: 941.101; Kings and rulers; Scotland -- Kings and rulers; Alba (Kingdom); Scotland -- History -- 1057-1603; Europe -- Alba (Kingdom); Scotland; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788853675; 1788853679
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references 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.