The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455

Table of contents

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• The Black Douglases i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgements vii
• Illustrations viii
• Maps ix
• Abbreviations x
• Introduction: 'A Large and Attractive Book' 1
• Chapter One - The Black Douglas 8
• Chapter Two - The Knight of Liddesdale and the Lord of Douglas 32
• Chapter Three - Archibald the Grim (1358–1388) 53
• Chapter Four - The Douglas Inheritance 76
• Chapter Five - Ruler of the South: Archibald Fourth Earl of Douglas 95
• Chapter Six - The Bloody Heart: the Rise of the Douglases and the Kingdom of Scotland 122
• Chapter Seven - The War Wall: the Douglases at War 132
• Chapter Eight - Douglas Lordship 157

• The Black Douglases i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgements vii
• Illustrations viii
• Maps ix
• Abbreviations x
• Introduction: 'A Large and Attractive Book' 1
• Chapter One - The Black Douglas 8
• Chapter Two - The Knight of Liddesdale and the Lord of Douglas 32
• Chapter Three - Archibald the Grim (1358–1388) 53
• Chapter Four - The Douglas Inheritance 76
• Chapter Five - Ruler of the South: Archibald Fourth Earl of Douglas 95
• Chapter Six - The Bloody Heart: the Rise of the Douglases and the Kingdom of Scotland 122
• Chapter Seven - The War Wall: the Douglases at War 132
• Chapter Eight - Douglas Lordship 157
• Chapter Nine - 'Eldest Son of the Pope': the Douglases and the Church 183
• Chapter Ten - 'Known through All Christendom': the Douglases and Europe 202
• Chapter Eleven - The Rise of James the Gross 227
• Chapter Twelve - A Pride of Douglases 254
• Chapter Thirteen - The Fall 283
• Chapter Fourteen - Exile and End 312
• Bibliography 335
• Index 347