The First Stewart Dynasty: Scotland, 1371-1488

by Stephen Ian Boardman

Book Overview

The volume begins with the shaky foundation of the Stewart dynasty during the reign of Robert II (1371-1390) and traces its development to the demise at the Battle of Sauchieburn of James III (1460-1488) together with his exalted vision of Stewart kingship. The author shows how and why the period is dominated by the growth of royal power and the concomitant eclipse of the regional aristocratic supremacies that had dominated fourteenth-century Scotland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074861236X
• ISBN13: 9780748612369
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher