R. Andrew McDonald
Autor de The Kingdom of the Isles : Scotland's western seaboard, c.1100-c.1336
Sobre El Autor
R. Andrew McDonald is associate professor of history and director of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Brock University, Canada.
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- McDonald, R. Andrew
- Nombre legal
- McDonald, Russell Andrew
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1965
- Género
- male
- Lugares de residencia
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Educación
- Trent University (BA)
University of Guelph (PhD) - Ocupaciones
- Instructor (University of Toronto|School of Continuing Studies)
Resident Don (Trent University, Otanobee College)
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- Miembros
- 125
- Popularidad
- #160,151
- Valoración
- 4.5
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 18
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- 1
Sometimes it takes an outlander to eye the period with a less prejudiced eye. R. Andrew McDonald, an instructor at the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto who has taught at several Canadian universities, turns that eye to the area where no study has been published for the last 50 years. The end result is a truly rounded view of the history of the Isles from 1100 to the 1340s.
McDonald's style is very readable, presenting the rising of the mighty Somerled to his descendant, John MacDonald, the first Lord of the Isles. He shows the changing political mix of the MacDougalls, MacDonalds and MacRuairis, how their internal clan struggles affected or were affected by Scotland's struggle for freedom, how Norway was a big player the affairs. He also addresses the churches and castles that are a constant reminder of these people.
This is a wonderful book for people wishing to know about the medieval period of Scotland's isles.… (más)