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From: melanie chesnel <>
Subject: Re: The New Edinburgh History of Scotland
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 02:09:49 -0800 (PST)
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On Mar 8, 9:50 am, Volucris <> wrote:
> Every now and then the topic of the day turns to the really medieval
> times. The Anglo-Saxons and the Scottisch royal house are popular
> items. Even Stewart Baldwin has several biographies on the subject. I
> browsed on the Newsgroup and at Baldwins marvelous site but I noticed
> a unacquaintedness with a new serie books dedicated to revise and
> explore the known history of Scotland: The New Edinburgh History of
> Scotland.
>
> http://www.euppublishing.com/series/NEHS
>
> As the genealogy is rooted in history it would seem usefull to check
> on what's still reliable in what we think we know for sure from the
> past.
>
> The volumes:
> From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795, James E. Fraser, Jan
> 2009;
> From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Oct 2007
> make good reading.
>
> I'm awaiting volume III:
> Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230, Richard Oram, Feb 2011.
>
> With regards,
> Hans Vogels

thanks for this - I have just ordered copies from Amazon. Not only
will they be interesting but I will be able to quote facts at my
mother when she waffles on about her scottish heritage and mixes up
fact, fiction and wishful thinking!

regards
melanie


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