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The Late Medieval Landscape of North-east Scotland - Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution (Paperback)
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The Late Medieval Landscape of North-east Scotland - Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution (Paperback)
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The landscape of the north-east of Scotland ranges from wild
mountains to undulating farmlands; from cosy, quaint fishing coves
to long, sandy bays. This landscape witnessed the death of MacBeth,
the final stand of the Comyns earls of Buchan against Robert the
Bruce and the last victory, in Britain, of a catholic army at
Glenlivet. But behind these momentous battles lie the quieter
histories of ordinary folk farming the land - and supping their
local malts. Colin Shepherd paints a picture of rural life within
the landscapes of the north-east between the 13th and 18th
centuries by using documentary, cartographic and archaeological
evidence. He shows how the landscape was ordered by topographic and
environmental constraints that resulted in great variation across
the region and considers the evidence for the way late medieval
lifestyles developed and blended sustainably within their
environments to create a patchwork of cultural and agricultural
diversity. However, these socio-economic developments subsequently
led to a breakdown of this structure, resulting in what Adam Smith,
in the 18th century, described as 'oppression'. The 12th-century
Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation and the Industrial
Revolution are used here to define a framework for considering the
cultural changes that affected this region of Scotland. These
include the dispossession of rights to land ownership that continue
to haunt policy makers in the Scottish government today. Whilst the
story also shows how a regional cultural divergence, recognised
here, can undermine 'big theories' of socio-political change when
viewed across the wider stage of Europe and the Americas.
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