The nine essays in this volume, all written by specialists in their fields, do not attempt to give comprehensive coverage of the huge topic of Scots in war at home and abroad. Instead two major themes are explored from the first century AD to the carnage of the First World War. The first is the vast discrepancy between the theory and practice of war, with the often excessively optimistic expectations of the planners being confounded by chance, human error, changing political circumstances, invincible stupidity, or simply the harsh realities faced by those unfortunates who actually had to fight their battles. The later chapters trace the inexorable removal from Scottish control of all military decision-making, even at the level of home defence, by an overbearing London executive.

Scotland and War AD 79-1918

History

MacDougall, Norman

Europe

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James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland. Variously characterised as artistic, peace-loving, morbidly suspicious, treacherous, pious, lecherous and lazy, King James was much criticised by contemporaries and later chroniclers for his failure to do his job in the manner expected of him, and particularly for his reliance on low-born favourites to the exclusion of his 'natural' counsellors, the nobility. Specific complaints included debasement of the coinage, royal hoarding of money, failure to staunch feuds and to enforce criminal justice. Yet James III has also been seen as a major patron of the arts, as Scotland's first Renaissance king, and as the architect of an intelligent and forward-looking foreign policy. In this study, the author explores all these areas and seeks to explain why King James was challenged by a huge rebellion in 1482, which he narrowly survived, and why he succumbed to a further rising in 1488, which placed his eldest son on the throne as James IV.

James III: A Political Study

John Donald

James IV (Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)

This study examines all aspects of James IV's reign. It explains his popularity and his successful kingship, and assesses reasons for the disastrous end to the reign when the king and a large proportion of the Scottish nobility were eliminated in a single afternoon at Flodden. James IV is the best-known of all the late-medieval Scottish rulers. Praised by his contemporaries, he combined the qualities of medieval monarch with a wide interest in the arts and sciences, while acutely conscious of the need to enhance the prestige of his dynasty throughout Europe.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Scotland & War, Ad 79-1918

Hyperion Books

This study examines all aspects of James IV's reign. It explains his popularity and his successful kingship, and assesses reasons for the disastrous end to the reign when the king and a large proportion of the Scottish nobility were eliminated in a single afternoon at Flodden. James IV is the best-known of all the late-medieval Scottish rulers. Praised by his contemporaries, he combined the qualities of medieval monarch with a wide interest in the arts and sciences, while acutely conscious of the need to enhance the prestige of his dynasty throughout Europe.

James IV (The Stewart Dynasty In Scotland)

Historical

Tuckwell Press, Ltd.

Combining narrative and analysis, this book covers the uncertain beginnings of the Alliance, moving on to the major military commitment of the Scots to the French side in the Hundres Years' War (1337-1453) with England, the subsequent settlement of Scots in France in the fifteenth century, the close naval and military links between James IV and Louis XII of France in the early sixteenth century, and the climax and end of the Alliance following the marriage of Francis II of France to Mary, Queen of Scots (1558).

An Antidote to the English: The Auld Alliance 1295-1560 (Scottish History Matters series)

James III is the most enigmatic of the Stewart kings of Scotland. Variously characterised as artistic, peace-loving, morbidly suspicious, treacherous, pious, lecherous and lazy, King James was much criticised by contemporaries and later chroniclers for his failure to do his job in the manner expected of him, and particularly for his reliance on low-born favourites to the exclusion of his 'natural' counsellors, the nobility. Specific complaints included debasement of the coinage, royal hoarding of money, failure to staunch feuds and to enforce criminal justice. Yet James III has also been seen as a major patron of the arts, as Scotland's first Renaissance king, and as the architect of an intelligent and forward-looking foreign policy. In this new study, the author explores all these areas and seeks to explain why King James was challenged by a huge rebellion in 1482, which he narrowly survived, and why he succumbed to a further rising in 1488, which placed his eldest son on the throne as James IV.

James III (The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)

James IV is the best-known of all the late medieval Scottish rulers. Widely praised by his contemporaries, he combined the qualities of successful medieval monarch with a wide interest in the arts and sciences, while remaining acutely conscious of the need to enhance the prestige of his dynasty throughout Europe. This excellent study examines all aspects of James IV's sovereignty, explains his popularity and his highly successful kingship and assesses reasons for the disastrous end to the reign when the king and a large population of the Scottish nobility were eliminated in a single afternoon in 1513 at Flodden. This book represents Scottish historical research at its very best. It is meticulously researched and sensitively written.

James IV (The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)

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Scotland and War AD 79-1918

James III: A Political Study

James IV (Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)

Scotland & War, Ad 79-1918

James IV (The Stewart Dynasty In Scotland)

An Antidote to the English: The Auld Alliance 1295-1560 (Scottish History Matters series)

James IV (Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)

James III (The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)

James IV (The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)