A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland

A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland

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This book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600. Its purpose is to discover the character of everyday life in Scotland over time and to do so, where possible, within a comparative context. Its focus is on the mu...

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Main Authors: Cowan, Edward J, Cowan, Edward J. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Henderson, Lizanne, 1968- (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut, Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Boorsma, Rebecca (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Campbell, Stuart (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Ewan, Elizabeth (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Fitch, Audrey-Beth (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Foyster, Elizabeth (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Hall, Mark A. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Henderson, Lizanne, Oram, Richard D. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Royan, Nicola (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Sellar, David (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Shiels, Jenny (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Watson, Fiona (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Whatley, Christopher A. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011
Edinburgh : [2022]
Series:History of everyday life in Scotland
A History of Everyday Life in Scotland
Subjects:
Scotland > History
Scotland > Social conditions > History
Scotland > Social life and customs > History
Scottish Studies
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Scotland
Dictionaries
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Landscape and People; Chapter 2 The Worldview of Scottish Vikings in the Age of the Sagas; Chapter 3 Sacred and Banal: The Discovery of Everyday Medieval Material Culture; Chapter 4 The Family; Chapter 5 'Hamperit in ane hony came': Sights, Sounds and Smells in the Medieval Town; Chapter 6 Playtime Everyday: The Material Culture of Medieval Gaming; Chapter 7 Women of Independence in Barbour's Bruce and Blind Harry's Wallace
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Series Editors' Foreword
  • Introduction: Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland
  • 1. Landscape and People
  • 2. The Worldview of Scottish Vikings in the Age of the Sagas
  • 3. Sacred and Banal: The Discovery of Everyday Medieval Material Culture
  • 4. The Family
  • 5. 'Hamperit in ane hony came': Sights, Sounds and Smells in the Medieval Town
  • 6. Playtime Everyday: The Material Culture of Medieval Gaming
  • 7. Women of Independence in Barbour's Bruce and Blind Harry's Wallace
  • 8. Everyday Life in the Histories of Scotland from Walter Bower to George Buchana
  • 9. Disease, Death and the Hereafter in Medieval Scotland
  • 10. 'Detestable Slaves of the Devil': Changing Ideas about Witchcraft in Sixteenth- Century Scotland
  • 11. Glaswegians: The First One Thousand Years
  • 12. Marian Devotion in Scotland and the Shrine of Loreto
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Index
  • Chapter 8 Everyday Life in the Histories of Scotland from Walter Bower to George BuchananChapter 9 Disease, Death and the Hereafter in Medieval Scotland; Chapter 10 'Detestable Slaves of the Devil': Changing Ideas about Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland; Chapter 11 Glaswegians: The First One Thousand Years; Chapter 12 Marian Devotion in Scotland and the Shrine of Loreto; Annotated Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index

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