Medieval Scotland: Kingship and Nation

Of all the Celtic peoples once dominant across the whole of Europe north of the Alps, only the Scots established a kingdom that lasted. Wales, Brittany and Ireland, subject to the same sort of pressure from a powerful neighbour, retained linguistic distinctiveness but lost political nationhood. What made Scotland's history so different?

© 2004 The History Press (E-bog): 9780752494883

Release date

E-bog: 22. juli 2004