NDLI: The Sea Power of the Western Isles of Scotland in the Late Medieval Period

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The Sea Power of the Western Isles of Scotland in the Late Medieval Period

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Description	From the early 14th century to the end of the 15th century the Western Isles of Scotland (Figure 23.1) formed part of a vast lordship held by the MacDonalds (Caldwell 2008a, 49-75). Their lordship represented a revival of the Kingdom of the Isles which was ruled by a dynasty of kings based on the Isle of Man. Somerled (Sumarliði), the ancestor of the MacDonalds, had annexed much of the kingdom in ad 1156, and from then until ad 1266 there were two rival dynasties in the Isles, both recognizing the kings of Norway as over-kings. By the Treaty of Perth in ad 1266 Man and the other isles were sold by the king of Norway to the king of Scots (Lustig 1979) and local leaders who might have regarded themselves as kings were reduced in rank to magnates of Scotland. The MacDonalds, the most successful and powerful of the kindreds descended from Somerled to have come through the Wars of Independence, would have been seen in Gaelic society as kings, and they were certainly prepared in the 14th and 15th centuries to challenge the authority of the Stewart dynasty, not without success. This threat to the kings of Scots was finally removed by the forfeiture of John II Lord of the Isles in ad 1494. Book Name: Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World
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Ending Page	380
Page Count	19
Starting Page	362
DOI	10.4324/9781315630755-28
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2016-11-25
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World History Norway Lordship Scotland 15th Century Powerful
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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