Personal Correspondence of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoull and His Circle, 1560-1582

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-906245-48-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 176 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: Scottish History Society 6th Series

This collection of forty-nine letters, edited in full here for the first time, are addressed to Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoull (1520?-1576) or members of his circle and offer a precious window onto the turbulent and often obscure history of Orkney and Shetland in the sixteenth century as the Northern Isles were subject to increasing intervention from the Scottish mainland. Anderson and Ballantyne provide an extensive contextual introduction and annotate the letters themselves as well as providing a glossary of the more obscure Middle Scots words used. This edition will join previous works by these two authors, including Anderson's monographs on the Stewart earls of Orkney and Ballantyne's Shetland Documents, as an indispensable resource for the early modern history of the Northern Isles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Peter D

Ballantyne, John H

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Bibliography

Correspondence summary

Introduction

Personal correspondence of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoull and his circle, 1560-1582

Appendix

Select Glossary

General Index

Index of Names

Über Autor(innen)

Ballantyne, John H
John H. Ballantyne is one of the leading historians of Shetland today and co-editor of the Shetland Documents series.

Anderson, Peter D
The late Peter D. Anderson was a well-known historian of Orkney, particularly its Stewart earls