The Acts of Alexander III King of Scots 1249 -1286
Regesta Regum Scottorum Vol 4 Part 1
Cynthia J Neville editor Grant Simpson editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:10th Oct '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This volume contains the full texts of 175 acts issued under the seal of King Alexander III, together with notes on a further 155 'lost acts' that survive only in notices. These acts, many of which have never been published before, have been collected from a variety of archives in Scotland, England, Belgium and France.The Introduction examines the administrative contexts of the later thirteenth century in which the royal chancery drafted and authenticated charters, brieves and other written instruments, and the varied sources from which the collection is compiled. The texts include full Latin transcriptions and detailed English-language summaries of the contents of each act, together with a series of notes and comments on context and significance. By drawing together both original archive sources and widely scattered published sources, the volume offers a unique opportunity to understand how Scottish government and administration operated in the key period before the reign of Robert Bruce.The Regesta Regum Scottorum series has already made available in print a definitive edition of the written acts of several of the medieval kings of Scotland. It remains the standard reference for Scottish, British and European scholars interested in the history of royal chanceries, the evolution of medieval royal government and the growth of literate modes of expression in the Middle Ages.
Decades of meticulous scholarship here make accessible for the first time records that throw new light on government, land and people in medieval Scotland. This outstanding volume transforms our understanding of a reign that has long been recognised as pivotal in the development of our nation.' * Richard Oram, University of Stirling *
Decades of meticulous scholarship here make accessible for the first time records that throw new light on government, land and people in medieval Scotland. This outstanding volume transforms our understanding of a reign that has long been recognised as pivotal in the development of our nation.Richard Oram, Professor of Medieval and Environmental History, University of Stirling * Richard Oram, University of Stirling *
There is much to commend it: one gains a clear impression of the increasing sophistication of the late thirteenth-century royal household and the changing societal trends which increased both the proportion of secular recipients of grants and the variety of document forms demanded of the chancery… There are excellent concise analyses of the various document types and subject matters, palaeography, sigillography and dating, within which headings are enfolded a wealth of valuable detail about subjects as diverse as the scribes themselves (and hence the composition of the chancery) and their scribal habits, and the legal position of the king and his advisors during the minority…It would be a niggardly reviewer who would do other than heartily applaud the editors and publisher for this splendid addition to a series which is so vital to anyone with a serious interest in medieval Scotland. -- Norman H. Reid * The Scottish Historical Review *
ISBN: 9780748627325
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 650g
288 pages