The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455 by Brown, Michael
The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455 by Brown, Michael

The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455

During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland's champions...
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The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455 by Brown, Michael

The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455

$601.90
The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455 by Brown, Michael

The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455

$601.90
Author: Michael Brown
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland's champions in the front line of war against England. On their shields they bore the bloody heart of Robert Bruce, the symbol of their claim to be the physical protectors of the hero-king's legacy. But others saw the power of these lords and earls of Douglas in a different light. To their critics the Douglases were a force for disorder in the kingdom, lawless, arrogant and violent, whose power rested on coercion and whose defiance of kings and guardians ultimately provoked James II into slaying the Douglas earl with his own hand.

Michael Brown analyses the rise and fall of this family as the dominant magnates of the south, from the deeds of the Good Sir James Douglas in the service of Bruce to the violent destruction of the Douglas earls in the 1450s. Alongside this study of the accumulation and loss of power by one of the great noble houses, The Black Douglases includes a series of thematic examinations of the nature of aristocratic power. In particular these emphasise the link between warfare and political power in southern Scotland during the fourteenth century. For the Black Douglases, war was not just a patriotic duty but the means to power and fame in Scotland and across Europe.

Author: Michael Brown
Publisher: John Donald Publishers
Published: 11/07/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781910900413

About the Author
Brown, Michael: - "Michael Brown is Professor of Scottish history at the University of St Andrews. His main research interests centre on the political society of Scotland c.1250 - c.1500 and on the relationships between the various communities of the British Isles during the same period. He has published studies of the practice and ideology of royal and aristocratic lordship in Scotland."
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