Broun, D. (2015) Britain and the beginning of Scotland. Journal of the British Academy, 3, pp. 107-137. (doi: 10.5871/jba/003.107)
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Abstract
A British dimension is crucial for understanding the earliest stage in the emergence of an idea of Scotland in its most basic sense as the country we recognise today in the late 12th century. It is also lies at the heart of the origins of the earliest idea of Scotland that can be detected: the notion of Scotland as the country north of the Forth, an idea that can be traced back to the Picts. In both cases, the overriding concern was to accentuate Scotland’s separateness from the south. Being British may be an essential element of any explanation of Scotland’s beginnings, but only in a way that suggests that Scotland’s place in Britain has from the beginning been inherently uneasy.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Broun, Professor Dauvit |
| Authors: | Broun, D. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History |
| Journal Name: | Journal of the British Academy |
| Publisher: | British Academy |
| ISSN: | 2052-7217 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2052-7217 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of the British Academy 3:107-137 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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