A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland /

A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland / / Edward J Cowan, Lizanne Henderson.

This book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600. Its purpose is to discover the character of everyday life in Scotland over time and to do so, where possible, within a comparative context. Its focus is on the mu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
Cowan, Edward J,
Henderson, Lizanne,
MitwirkendeR:
Boorsma, Rebecca,
Campbell, Stuart,
Cowan, Edward J.,
Ewan, Elizabeth,
Fitch, Audrey- Beth,
Foyster, Elizabeth,
Hall, Mark A.,
Henderson, Lizanne,
Oram, Richard D.,
Royan, Nicola,
Sellar, David,
Shiels, Jenny,
Watson, Fiona,
Whatley, Christopher A.,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2011
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:A History of Everyday Life in Scotland
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 36 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Series Editors’ Foreword
  • Introduction: Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland
  • 1. Landscape and People
  • 2. The Worldview of Scottish Vikings in the Age of the Sagas
  • 3. Sacred and Banal: The Discovery of Everyday Medieval Material Culture
  • 4. The Family
  • 5. ‘Hamperit in ane hony came’: Sights, Sounds and Smells in the Medieval Town
  • 6. Playtime Everyday: The Material Culture of Medieval Gaming
  • 7. Women of Independence in Barbour’s Bruce and Blind Harry’s Wallace
  • 8. Everyday Life in the Histories of Scotland from Walter Bower to George Buchana
  • 9. Disease, Death and the Hereafter in Medieval Scotland
  • 10. ‘Detestable Slaves of the Devil’: Changing Ideas about Witchcraft in Sixteenth- Century Scotland
  • 11. Glaswegians: The First One Thousand Years
  • 12. Marian Devotion in Scotland and the Shrine of Loreto
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Index

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