Robert the Bruce : King of Scots
"[After Bannockburn], Robert faced a slow and often troubled process of legitimating his authority, restoring govenment, rewarding his supporters, accommodating former enemies and controlling the various regions of his kingdom, none of which was achieved overnight. Penman investigates Robert's resettlement of lands and offices, the development of Scotland's parliaments, his handling of plots to overthrow him, his relations with family and allies, his piety and court ethos, and his conscious development of an image of kingship through the use of ceremony and symbol. In doing so, Penman repositions Robert within the context of wider European political change, religion, culture and national identity as well as recurrent crises of famine and disease."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2014
Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014