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R.A McDonald

R.A McDonald

R. Andrew McDonald is Professor of History at Brock University, Canada, where he was the founding director of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is the author of many books, book chapters, and articles on medieval Scottish, Hebridean, and Manx history, including The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland’s Western Seaboard, c.1100-c.1336 (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 1997) and Manx kingship in its Irish Sea setting: King Rögnvaldr and the Crovan dynasty, 1187-1229 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007). He is co-editor with Angus A. Somerville of The Viking Age: A Reader (Studies in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures XIV. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010).

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Kingdom of the Isles

Kingdom of the Isles


ISBN: 9781904607793
Category: Scottish History, History
Author: R.A McDonald
Publication Date: December 2008
Format: Paperback
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: reprinting  


Synopsis:

This study explores the history of the western seaboard of Scotland in a formative but often neglected era: the central middle ages, from the mightly Somerled to his descendant John MacDonald, the first Lord of the Isles.


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