Kingship and Unity: Scotland 1000-1306

G. W. S. Barrow

Edinburgh University Press, 1989 - History - 185 pages

Professor Barrow takes up the history of a Scotland which already has the beginnings of a clear sense of identity and a successful expansion policy. Emphasising in particular the kingdom's political growth and the evolution of a distinct Scottish nation, Professor Barrow narrates the story of Scotland's remarkable Medieval kings and their development of a kingship and the institutions of government which provided the unity and administration to fend off Edward I's onslaughts in the thirteenth century.

About the author

G. W. S. Barrow was Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh, 1979-92. His books include Feudal Britain (London, 1956); Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland (4th edition, Edinburgh, 2005); The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History (Oxford, 1980 - his Ford lectures); Scotland and its Neighbours in the Middle Ages (London, 1992); and The Kingdom of the Scots (2nd edition, Edinburgh, 2003).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Kingship and Unity: Scotland 1000-1306; Volume 2 of The new history of Scotland
• Author: G. W. S. Barrow
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 1989
• ISBN: 074860104X, 9780748601042
• Length: 185 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / General; History / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland; History / General