Death and the Royal Succession in Scotland, C.1214-C.1543: Ritual, Ceremony and Power (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781837651726)

Illuminates how the ceremonial dimension of death and the succession reflected both Scottish royal identity and a broader culture of ceremony.

To date, scholarly attention to royal ceremony in Scotland from the Middle Ages into the early modern period has been rather haphazard, with few attempts to explore how these crucial moments for the representation of royal authority. This monograph provides a long durée analysis of the ceremonial cycle of death and succession associated with Scottish kingship from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, including the final century of the Canmore dynasty, the crisis of the Bruce-Balliol conflict, and the emergence and consolidation of the Stewart family up to the funeral of last monarch buried in Scotland, James V, in 1543. Using a broad range of primary sources, including financial records and material culture, many of them previously untapped, it addresses key questions about kingship and power, the function of ceremony in legitimising royal authority, its significance in relation to the practical exercising of power, and evidence for Scottish similarities and distinctiveness within wider European contexts.

Author: Lucinda H. S. Dean
ISBN-10: 1837651728
ISBN-13: 9781837651726
Publisher: Boydell Press
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2024
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d