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| ISBN | Cover | Title | Author | Publisher | Year | Description | Ref. |
| 075242825X | no image available | David I | Richard Oram | Tempus Publishing | 2004 | A biography of King David I (1084-1153). He spend much of his childhood in England at the court of Henry I. After his elder brother Edgar died, David inherited southern Scotland (below the line of the rivers Clyde and Forth). His brother Alexander became king but David suceeded him in 1124 upon Alexander`s death. Various reforms were brought in by David, including trading burghs, silver coinage and the introduction of numerous monasteries in order to develop education. | 1338 |
| 1862322023 | |
David II, 1329-71: The Bruce Dynasty in Scotland | Penman, Michael | Tuckwell Press | 2004 | This biography of King David II (1324-71) describes a life of wars, politics and intrigue, often involving England. He was married at the age of 4 to the 7 year old sister of the English king and he became the king of Scotland in 1331. After losing the throne to Edward Baliol he fled to France but returned in 1341. At the Battle of Neville`s Cross he was defeated by the English, taken prisoner and later ransommed. Once back on the throne, he furthered the idea of union with England, a notion which was rejected by the Scottish Parliament. | 1213 |
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Somerled: Hammer of the Norse | McPhee, Kathleen | Vital Spark | 2004 | This is a biography of Somerled (c.1113-64), a warrior who spent much of his early adult life fighting the Norse from his base in Argyll. He married into the Norse king`s family in c.1140 and the serious fighting ceased for over a decade until the king was murdered. War resumed and Somerled took the whole of Argyll by force. On becoming King of the Isles he was seen as a threat to the Scottish king and in 1163 Somerled led 15,000 soldiers against Malcolm IV. Somerled died in 1164, having established the importance of the Lordship of the Isles. | 1174 |
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Bannockburn 1314 | Armstrong, Peter | Osprey | 1999 | This book deals with Scotland`s most important battle, the Battle of Bannockburn. This great victory of Robert the Bruce over Edward I of England was a high point in Scotland`s fight for independence. | 798 |
| 0752429825 | no image available | 1314: Bannockburn | Aryeh Nusbacher | Tempus Publishing | 2004 | A study of Scotland`s most famous battlefield victory, the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn. | 1336 |
| 0750929774 | |
Medieval Scotland | Alan MacQuarrie | Sutton Publishing | 2004 | This study of medieval Scotland examines what made the country so different from other Celtic nations and how the Scots have managed to maintain their national integrity while other Celtic nations, such as Wales and Brittany, have lost much of their distinctiveness. This study looks at the relations between Scotland (and these other countries) and their more dominant neighbours and how and why Scotland has been more successful in keeping its nationhood intact. | 1412 |
| 1417946075 | no image available | Scotland Under Her Early Kings: A History of the Kingdom to the Close of the Thirteenth Century (Part One) | E. William Robertson | Kessinger Publishing | 2004 | Originally published in 1862, this covers the following: The Early History, Before 842; The Early Kingdom, 843-900; Progress of the Kingdom, 900-943; The Kingdom Completed, 971-995; The Kingdom Contested. The line of Atholl. The line of Moray, 1034-1040; The Line of Atholl Restored. Malcolm Ceanmore, 1058-1093; The Intermediate Period, 1093-1097; The Feudal Kingdom. David the First, 1124-1153; The State, 1124-1153; The Church, 1124-1153; Malcolm the Fourth, 1153-1165; William the Lion, 1165-1189; and William the Lion, 1189-1214. | 1490 |
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