Robert Bruce
And the Community of the Realm of Scotland: An Edinburgh Classic Edition
$92.06
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
19 February 2014
Summary
A new in paperback edition commemorating the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314
This classic edition of the definitive history of Robert Bruce’s life and career, during Scotland’s tumultuous coming of age in the Wars of Independence, is one of the twentieth century’s bona-fide classics in historical writing.
First published in 1965, ROBERT BRUCE was quickly recognised as an indispensable guide to understanding Scotland’s complex game of thrones and its medieval so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780748685226 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0748685227 |
| Author: | G.W.S. Barrow, Michael Brown |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 19 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 675g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
| Series: | Edinburgh Classic Editions |
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Critics Review
This towering history set a new academic standard for academic writing.
An outstanding and comprehensive study of the motivation and the making of Scotland’s national hero. – First Minister of Scotland * Alex Salmond *
This magnificent study of Scotland’s hero king is the masterwork of Professor Geoffrey Barrow, one of the nation’s greatest medievalists of the modern era. First published nearly half a century ago, it remains without compare as the book on Robert the Bruce. – Tom Devine, Personal Senior Research Professor of History, University of Edinburgh * Endorsement *
It is described on the dust-wrapper as ‘ the best book on Scottish history ever written ’ . Such hyperbole is rarely deserved; in this case it surely is. – MICHAEL PRESTWICH * English Historical Review *
Amidst this healthy climate of divergence and debate, Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland has continued to provide an authoritative and accessible analysis of the history of Scotland between 1286 and 1329. It presents a portrait of an era and a study of its central figure which is a masterpiece of historical writing. The reach and impact of this book has travelled well beyond Scotland. * Michael Brown, University of St Andrews *
This towering history set a new academic standard for academic writing. – Alex Salmond
The best book on Scottish history ever written. – Gordon Menzies
About The Author
G.W.S. Barrow
G. W. S. Barrow was Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh, 197992. His books include FeudalBritain (London, 1956); Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland (4th edition, Edinburgh, 2005); The Anglo-Norman Era in ScottishHistory (Oxford, 1980 his Ford lectures); Scotland and its Neighbours in the Middle Ages (London, 1992); and The Kingdom of the Scots (2nd edition,Edinburgh, 2003). Michael Brown is Reader in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. He has written books on James I, the Black Douglases and volume four in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland, ‘The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371’.
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