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Through his personality, ingenuity and ability, Wallace initiated a resistance movement which ultimately secured the nation's freedom and independence. This title investigates what is known of the medieval warrior's career. It examines his reputation, from the time of his horrendous execution onwards.

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Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon - 'a history book for Scots'. This fascinating selection is made from the modern 9-volume edition produced by Professor D.E.R. Watt and his team.

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Drawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental history of Scotland explores the interaction of human populations with land, waters, forests and wildlife. This volume covers the period from the Romans to 1400.

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This book tells the little-known story of the pioneering two architects and how they carried out their surveys of 700of Scotlands castellated buildings, ranging from great medieval fortresses to small lairds houses with pepper-pot turrets.

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A group of distinguished Scottish medievalists examines various aspects of the history of Celtic or Gaelic-speaking Scotland from the sub-Roman period to the sixteenth century.

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This book explores the king's successes and failures, offering a fresh assessment of his contribution to the making of Scotland as a nation.

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This is the first full-scale academic study of Alexander III's reign since 1937 and willappeal to those interested in medieval history, English history and Scottish history.

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This is the first full-scale academic study of Alexander IIIs reign since 1937 and willappeal to those interested in medieval history, English history and Scottish history.

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This book reviews the political events that led to the abolition of episcopacy in 1689 and with it the concerted attack on the parish clergy. It explores for the first time the background and influences that led to the brutal 'rabbling of the curates' in south-west Scotland.

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James Boswell's is one of the raciest and most entertaining of all Edinburgh diarists. This is a one-volume edition of the journals kept by James Boswell while making his living as an advocate in eighteenth-century Edinburgh. Hugh Milne's vivid description of a whole gallery of characters and situations makes its pages compulsively readable.

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St Columba is one of the most important figures in the early history of the British Isles. Drawing on contemporary sources and the latest modern research, this book traces Columbas achievements and legacy. It examines his roles as abbot, scholar and missionary as well as his involvement in the affairs of kings in both Ireland and northern Britain.

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The first full-length account of Scotland's major change from burial to cremation

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David II (13291371), son of the hero King of Scots, Robert Bruce (13061329), has suffered a harsh historical press, condemned as a disastrous general, a womaniser and a sympathiser with Scotland's 'auld enemy', England. Bringing together evidence from Scotland, England and France, Michael Penman offers a different view.

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Despite seven out of ten people in Scotland choosing cremation, in many ways crematoria are 'invisible' buildings, visited only by necessity, and they have not received the attention they deserve. Crematoria present a real challenge for architects.

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Francis Hutcheson (1694-1745) has traditionally been celebrated for his moral philosophy, which greatly influenced David Hume and other thinkers of the Enlightenment.

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Reissue of three classic volumes of Hebridean folk songs.

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Reissue of three classic volumes of Hebridean folk songs.

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A fascinating biography of James I, King of Scots.

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The only comprehensive single-volume biography of James II of Scotland.

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James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland. This study explains why King James was challenged by a huge rebellion in 1482, which he narrowly survived, and why he succumbed to a further rising in 1488, which placed his eldest son on the throne as James IV.

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A fascinating biography of one of Scotland's most famous and greatest kings.

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Despite being somewhat overshadowed not only by his father James IV but also by his internationally renowned daughter Mary Queen of Scots, no-one can deny the importance of the reign of James V, embracing as it did the establishment of the Court of Session and the birthpangs of religious dissent.