The Black Douglases - War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland 1300-14
Title: The Black Douglases - War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland 1300-1455
Author: Michael Brown
Publisher: Tuckwell Press, East Linton, Scotland
Date: 1998ISBN: 1862320365
Hardback - 1st Edition with original dustcover. 358pp. Illustrated with 15 b/w photographs, 8 maps. 8 Genealogical tables. Bibliography and Index.
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The book examines aristocratic power and status and its place in Scottish political Society through the Douglas dynasty of the late medieval Scotland. The author examines the rise and fall of the family so much linked to Robert the Bruce that they bore the bloody heart on their shields, a symbol of their claim to be the physical protectors of the hero-King's legacy.
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A good clean hardback edition with an original unclipped dustcover. Inside the pages are bright and clean throughout with just some yellowing around the edges.
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