Description:
This is a history of the forging of the Scottish kingdom during the first three centuries of the second millennium.
Brief description: G. W. S. Barrow was Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh, 1979-92. His books include FeudalBritain (London, 1956); Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland (4th edition, Edinburgh, 2005); The Anglo-Norman Era in ScottishHistory (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).
Review Quotes: Kingship and Unity is not only a perceptive and accomplished book, but it is also written in an accessible and engaging manner. This revised edition remains the authoritative account of the shaping of Scotland during the High Middle Ages and of the kingdom's place in the British Isles and Europe.-- "Katie Stevenson, University of St Andrews"