"Kingis rabellis" to Cuidich 'n' Rìgh; the emergence of Clann Choinnich, c. 1475-1508

MacCoinnich, A. (2003) "Kingis rabellis" to Cuidich 'n' Rìgh; the emergence of Clann Choinnich, c. 1475-1508. In: Boardman, S. and Ross, A. (eds.) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, 1200-1500. Four Courts Press: Dublin, pp. 175-200. ISBN 1851827498

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Abstract

This article examines the emergence of the Mackenzie clan in Ross-shire, northern Scotland onto the historical record at the end of the fifteenth century. Although Mackenzie clan histories and genealogies dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries stress the unswerving loyalty of the kindred to the crown from their alleged origins in the thirteenth century, a rather different picture can be drawn by comparing these clan histories with surviving contemporaneous sources dating from c.1463. The early relationship between the Mackenzies and the Macdonalds is re-assessed here, against the background of the forfeiture of the earldom of Ross, which was stripped of John Macdonald, the 4th Lord of the Isles by James III in 1475 and the violence and unrest that gripped the area for the next quarter century.

Item Type:Book Sections
Keywords:Mackenzie, Mackenzies, clan, clanship, Clann Choinnich, Ross, genealogy, origins, origin tales, history, pedigree, Highlands, Highland, Highlanders, rebels, rebellion, rebel, Gaelic, Gàidhealtachd, Gaidhealtachd, Earls of Ross, Macdonald, Macdonalds, Lords of the Isles, Lord of the Isles, Lordship of the Isles, Dingwall, Gairloch, Fitzgerald, Kintail, Eilean Donnan, Seaforth, Stewart, Stewarts, James III, Gaelic, James IV, James V.
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:MacCoinnich, Dr Aonghas
Authors: MacCoinnich, A.
Subjects:D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Celtic and Gaelic
Publisher:Four Courts Press
ISBN:1851827498
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2003 Four Courts Press
Publisher Policy:Reproduced with the permission of the publisher.
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