David I

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Considered to be one of the greatest of Scotland's medieval kings, David was never expected to succeed to the throne. During the reigns of his elder brothers, he carved out a career for himself as an Anglo-Norman nobleman at the court of his brother-in-law, Henry I of England. With Henry's backing and the support of his elder sister, Queen… Přejít na celý popis

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Considered to be one of the greatest of Scotland's medieval kings, David was never expected to succeed to the throne. During the reigns of his elder brothers, he carved out a career for himself as an Anglo-Norman nobleman at the court of his brother-in-law, Henry I of England. With Henry's backing and the support of his elder sister, Queen Matilda, David secured a good marriage and a rich inheritance, with estates spread from Normandy to northern England, as well as a principality of his own in southern Scotland.

On succeeding to the Scottish throne in 1124, David ruthlessly imposed his authority on the kingdom and won the respect of his Gaelic lords. As king, he began the modernisation of his kingdom along European lines. Many of the greatest families of medieval Scotland - such as the Bruces, Comyns and Stewarts - he brought in as colonists. Reform at home was coupled by aggressive expansion abroad, with David extending his power across the whole of mainland Scotland, into the Western Isles, and finally into northern England. Skillfully playing off Stephen and Matilda, the two rivals for the English throne after 1135, David tipped the balance of power in Britain firmly in favour of the Scots. It was a rich legacy to pass on to his heirs, but stripped of David's leadership, Scotland's dominant position swiftly crumbled away.

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The History Press Ltd
Rozměr
129 x 197 x 23
jazyk
angličtina
Vazba
měkká vazba
Hmotnost
254 g
isbn
978-0-7524-4672-1
Počet stran
336
datum vydání
11.08.2008
ean
9780752446721

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