Bannockburn:
The Scottish War and the British Isles, 1307-1323
By Michael Brown - Hardback £60 / $100
Deliberative democracy has become one of the central areas of recent academic and practitioner discussions in democracy and has attracted vast attention. This book takes an innovative and detailed look at this problem and offers some original and detailed suggestions in this area, contributing to the development of the theory. In addition the book goes back to first principles and justifications on deliberative democracy and how it can contribute normatively to liberal democracies.
The reader will gain a significant insight to the key debates on justification and institutionalisation occurring with one of the most vital contemporary theories within democratic theory.
Fought on the fields south of Stirling at midsummer 1314, the battle of Bannockburn is the best-known event in the history of Medieval Scotland. It was a unique event. The clash of two armies, each led by a king, followed a clear challenge to a battle to determine the status of Scotland and its survival as a separate realm. As a key point in the Anglo-Scottish wars of the fourteenth century, the battle has been extensively discussed, but Bannockburn was also a pivotal event in the history of the British Isles. This book analyses the road to Bannockburn, the campaign of 1314 and the aftermath of the fight. It provides both an incisive narrative of the Scottish war and a revealing examination of the impact of conflict on all the peoples of Britain and Ireland. Michael Brown demonstrates that in both its context and legacy the battle had a central significance in the shaping of nations and identities in the late Medieval British Isles.
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Product Details
ISBN: 9780748633326
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 15 June 2008
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Pages: 224 p.