A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600 - (History of Everyday Life in Scotland) by Edward J Cowan & Lizanne Henderson
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 mundane, but at the same time it takes heed of the people's experience of wars, famine, environmental disaster and other major causes of disturbance, and assesses the effects of longer-term processes of change in religion, politics, and economic and social affairs. In showing how the extraordinary impinged on the everyday, the book draws on every possible kind of evidence including a diverse range of documentary sources, artefactual, environmental and archaeological material, and the published work of many disciplines. The authors explore the lives of all the people of Scotland and provide unique insights into how the experience of daily life varied across time according to rank, class, gender, age, religion and ethnic group. They look at the contextual nature of everyday experience and consider how this was shaped by national, regional and tribal considerations. They reveal the variations between Highland and Lowland, the Western Isles and the Northern Isles, inland and coastal, and urban and rural. They examine the role played by language, whether Gaelic, Welsh, English, Pictish, Norse, Latin or Scots. The book shows the distinctively Scottish aspects of diurnal life and how, through trading and contact with migrants, the lives of Scots were affected by other cultures and nations. Taken as a whole it represents a new way of looking at medieval Scotland and has implications and relevance for historians and their public across the discipline.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland 1000-1600 Edited by Edward J. Cowan & Lizanne Henderson What was it like to live in the medieval period? In what ways did extraordinary events affect the everyday? The first volume in the Everyday Life series answers these questions as it opens a window on medieval Scotland from 1000 to 1600. The everyday involves all that is common to humanity from the passage of birth through to the rites of death. To date the historiography of medieval Scotland has not been greatly concerned with the mundane and the everyday. In fact some might claim that the topic has been entirely ignored, until now. A strong international team of contributors draws upon a range of primary sources and published material, as well as artefactual and archaeological evidence, to present as complete a picture as possible of how people experienced life and complex issues of identity, geography, language, family and subsistence over five hundred years ago. Key Features Novel and innovative approach to medieval Scottish History Enlivens the past through new research from respected scholars Challenges assumptions about medieval life and evidence Seeks to show that our medieval ancestors had similar issues to us Edward J. Cowan, Emeritus Professor of Scottish History at the University of Glasgow, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is author of The Wallace Book: For Freedom Alone, The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 and Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage. Lizanne Henderson is Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture (2009) and co-author, with Edward J. Cowan, of Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2007).<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland</em> demonstrates the value of innovative, interdisciplinary approaches for offsetting the limitations of conventional historical methodoloy in reconstructing the day-to-day lives of ordinary Scotland.--Allan Kennedy, University of Stirling "History Scotland, Sept/Oct 2012"<br><br>In sum, this volume represents a highly original and engaging 'take' on everyday history in which literature more than any other body of source-material occupies centre-stage. As a result, it is not only a major achievement for Scottish medieval history, but a work that anyone interested in what is meant by the history of the everyday will want to read and discuss.--Professor Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow "Journal of Historical Studies, Vol 34, No 1"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Edward J. Cowan, Emeritus Professor, formerly Professor of Scottish History at the University of Glasgow and Director of the university's Dumfries Campus, previously taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Guelph, Ontario. A fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, he is much in demand as a speaker, journalist and broadcaster and has been a Visiting Professor in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. His most recent publications are The Wallace Book (revised edition 2010), For Freedom Alone: The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 (revised edition 2008), and Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage (2007). He is currently working on a book on The Arctic Scots. <p>Lizanne Henderson is Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture (2009) and co-author, with Edward J. Cowan, of Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2007).<p>
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