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PUBLISHER: The History Press Ltd
FORMAT: Electronic book text
ISBN: 9780752468914
RRP: £12.99
PAGES: 336
PUBLICATION DATE:
August 26, 2011
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David I: The King Who Made Scotland
Richard Oram
Few kings deserve more than David I the reputation as ‘maker’ of his kingdom. Although overshadowed in popular memory by his descendant, the later ‘saviour’ of Scotland, Robert Bruce, it was David who laid the foundations of the medieval Scottish monarchy and set in train the changes that created the kingdom that vied with England for mastery of the British Isles. In a reign spanning nearly three decades, David moving his kingdom from the periphery towards the heart of European civilisation.