The Wars of Scotland 1214–1371

Abstract

This is the story of the pivotal period in Scottish history between 1214 and 1371. The century and a half between the death of King William the Lion and the accession of the Stewarts witnessed major changes in the internal character of the kingdom and its place in the wider European world. The opening decades of this era seemed to be dominated by the continued development of a defined Scottish realm, but the crisis that engulfed the kings and their people meant that issues of war and allegiance would make fourteenth-century Scotland a very different place. This book provides a detailed discussion of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries as a single period of both developing and fragmenting political hierarchies and communities. It sets out a political narrative that places events in their immediate context as well as highlighting special issues and groups in thematic chapters. The book also introduces a new discussion on the stability and unity of Scotland as a realm and community, and of the impact of war and dynastic crisis on a Medieval state.

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