| Contents |
The idea of Britain -- Ancient kingdoms and island histories -- Alba as "Britain" after 900 and the Pictish antecedents of the Kingdom of the Scots -- Independence -- The Church and the beginning of Scottish independence -- Whose independence? : Bishop Jocelin of Glasgow (1175-99) and the achievement of ecclesiastical freedom -- Sovereign kingship -- The inauguration of Alexander III (1249) and the portrayal of Scotland as a sovereign kingdom -- From client king to sovereign -- National history -- The principal source used by John of Fordun for his Chronicle of the Scottish people -- The Scots as ancient and free : "proto-Fordun," "Veremundus," and the creation of Scottish history -- From British identity to Scottish nation. |
| General note | First published in hardback in 2007. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-305) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013474625 |
| ISBN | 9780748685196 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780748630110 (webready PDF) |
| ISBN | 9780748685202 (epub) |
