Introduction Kings, Lords and Jenny Wormald

Jenny Wormald’s contribution to the transformation of Scottish historical scholarship is manifest in a number of areas, as the various studies that make up this volume confirm individually and collectively. Through a series of innovative and original monographs and articles she has launched an often...

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Published inKings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300-1625 p. 1
Main Authors STEVE BOARDMAN, JULIAN GOODARE
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Edinburgh University Press 16.06.2014
Subjects
Anthropology
Aristocracy
Behavioral sciences
British & Irish history
British literature
British studies
Conflict
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
Ethnography
Ethnology
European studies
Feuds
Government
Government bureaucracy
Government officials
Heads of state
Human behavior
Human geography
Human societies
Kingdoms
Kings
Kingship
Monarchism
Monarchs
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Political geography
Political regimes
Political science
Political systems
Polities
Public administration
Social behavior
Social conflict
Social interaction
Social sciences
Social structures
Sociology
Sovereign states
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Summary:Jenny Wormald’s contribution to the transformation of Scottish historical scholarship is manifest in a number of areas, as the various studies that make up this volume confirm individually and collectively. Through a series of innovative and original monographs and articles she has launched an often brutally witty iconoclastic assault on hoary misconceptions about the medieval and early modern kingdom and left a landscape littered with the battered remains of old prejudices and muddled thinking in her wake. For festschrift editors, circling the site of battle and attempting to identify juicy titbits amongst the wreckage, the scale of Jenny’s triumph and
ISBN:9780748691500
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