The Black Douglases
Subtitle: war and lordship in late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455
By: Michael Brown.
Publisher: Tuckwell Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781862320369; 9781862320253
Subjects: Douglas family.; Douglas, William, Earl of Douglas, 1425?-1452 -- Family.; Douglas, James, Sir, d. 1330 -- Family.; Power (Social sciences) -- Scotland -- History -- To 1500.; Nobility -- Scotland -- History -- To 1500.; Scotland -- History -- 1057-1603.; Scotland -- History, Military.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-346) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : A large and attractive book; title: The Black Douglas; title: The night of the Liddesdale and the Lord of Douglas; title: Archibald the Grim (1358-1388); title: The Douglas inheritance; title: Ruler of the South : Archibald fourth Earl of Douglas; title: The bloody heart : the rise of the Douglases and the kingdom of Scotland; title: The war wall : the Douglases at war; title: Douglas Lordship; title: Eldest son of the Pope : the Douglases and the church; title: Known through all Christendom : the Douglases and Europe; title: The rise of James the Gross; title: A pride of Douglases; title: The fall; title: Exile and end