IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 529: From Politics to Prosopography: Britain and Ireland in the 12th and 13th Centuries, I - The Paradox of Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow |
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| Organiser: | Matthew H. Hammond, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh |
| Moderator/Chair: | John Reuben Davies, North East Wales Institute, Wrexham / University of Nottingham |
| Paper 529-a | The Scotticization of the Kingdom of the Scots (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 529-b | The Adoption of Charters among the Aristocracy of Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Genealogy and Prosopography, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 529-c | English Perspectives on the Paradox of Medieval Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Rees Davies observed of Scotland that 'paradoxically, the most extensively English-settled and Anglicised part of the British Isles was the country which retained its political independence' (The First English Empire, 170). The paradox could go deeper. Is it a coincidence that it was only in the 13th century, when Anglicisation became dominant in the lowlands, that the kingdom of the Scots ceased to be regarded by its inhabitants as a realm of many regions and began to be thought of as a single country and people? In one sense the kingdom was becoming more self-consciously Scottish; and yet its history in this period is typically seen in terms of native distinctiveness being eroded by the influx of English immigration, social institutions and culture. This session attempts to create a foundation for further study into these processes. |