The attack on Bishop George Lauder of Argyll in the Auchinleck Chronicle

MacDonald, I.G. (2010) The attack on Bishop George Lauder of Argyll in the Auchinleck Chronicle. Innes Review, 61(2), pp. 111-136. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2010.0101)

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Abstract

This article investigates the violent encounter between George Lauder, bishop of Argyll (1427–73) and two of his Gaelic-speaking cathedral clergymen at Lismore in August 1452, an incident which is described in the Auchinleck Chronicle. Setting it within the ecclesiastical context of the time it argues that it is wrong to depict this simply as a confrontation between highlander and lowlander, but as the consequence of the ecclesiastical politics pursued by the bishop, which were exacerbated by ongoing political problems in Lor

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:MacDonald, Dr Iain
Authors: MacDonald, I.G.
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History
Journal Name:Innes Review
ISSN:0020-157X
ISSN (Online):1745-5219
Published Online:01 November 2010

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