Macbeth: Man and MythImmortalised in Shakespeare's compelling tragedy, Macbeth (1040-1057) is perhaps Scotland's most famous king. But how much is known about the historical Macbeth and his reign? What was it about this king that intrigued later chroniclers and inspired Shakespeare? And how closely does Shakespeare's Macbeth correspond with historical reality? |
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The Path to the Throne | 36 |
Macbeth King of Scots | 61 |
The Making of the Myth | 99 |
Copyright | |
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Ancient and Historical Anderson Angus association with Macbeth attest battle Birnam Wood Boece Bower burial Caithness Cawdor church claimed Cnut contemporary Crinán Crown copyright Culdees Dál Riata Duan Albanach Duncan Dunkeld Dunsinane Hill Earl early medieval Scotland early Scottish kings eleventh century ESSH evidence excavations Fife Findlaech Fordun Fortriu Gaelic Glamis Gruoch hillfort historical Macbeth Historical Monuments Ibid inauguration Iona Ireland Irish Kenneth Kenneth III killed King of Scots kingdom later Loch Leven Lulach Lumphanan Macbeth myth Macbeth's reign MacDuff Máel Malcolm Malcolm II Marianus medieval chroniclers monastery Monuments of Scotland Mormaer of Moray Mormaership murder mythological Northumbrian Orkney Vikings Orkneyinga Saga Perthshire Pictish Picts political portrayed probably Prophecy of Berchán province ramparts recorded reference regnal lists royal centres Royal Commission royal kin group Scone Scottish Chronicle Scottish kingship Shakespeare's Macbeth Siward sources St Andrews status Stone survived tanaise thanages Thane Thorfinn throne tradition witches Wyntoun