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

Tuckwell Press, 1998 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. vi (iv), 358 pp, acknowledgments, list of b&w illustrations, maps and genealogical tables, abbreviations, Introduction: 'A Large and Attractive Book'; 1. The Black Douglas; 2. The Knight of Leddesdale and the Lord of Douglas; 3. Archibald the Grim (1358-1388); 4. The Douglas Inheritance; 5. Ruler of the South: Archibald Fourth Earl of Douglas; 6. The Bloody Heart: The Rise of the Douglases and the Kingdom of Scotland; 7. The War Wall: The Douglases at War; 8. Douglas Lordship; 9. 'Eldest Son of the Pope': The Douglases and the Church; 10. 'Known Through all Christendom': The Douglases and Europe; 11. The Rise of James the Gross; 12. A Pride of Douglases; 13. The Fall; 14. Exile and End; bibliography, index. First Paperback Edition, 1998. "The author examines aristocratic power and status and its place in Scottish polotical society throught the greatest and most notorious magnate dynasty of late medieval Scotland. He analyses the rise and fall of the family as 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 ears in the 1450s, and includes a series of thematic examinations of the nature of aristocratic power. In particular these emphaise the link between warfare and political power in southern Scotland during the 15th century." Bumped with only the slightest wear to rear fore-edge wrapper, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Illustrated wrappers..