num_pages: 180
description: Throughout most of 800 years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed as the honoured ancestor of the later medieval Lords of the Isles, but he can be recognized as a much more complex figure of major prominence in 12th-century Scotland and of truly landmark significance in the long history of the Gael.
language: English
title: Somerled: And the Emergence of Gaelic Scotland
titlecomplete: Somerled: And the Emergence of Gaelic Scotland
characters: Somerled MacGillebride
genres: Scotland, Medieval, History
ratings_count: 15
places: Highlands and Islands, Scotland, The Hebrides, Scotland
publisher: Tuckwell Press, Ltd.