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  Scottish History Reading List
    This reading list identifies some of the important works on Scottish history. I have arranged them by period rather than subject (except for the Wars of Independence). Where books are in print, I have included links to Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble should you wish to purchase them directly.
     
Medieval (1200-1500)
GWS Barrow
Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm		 JM Brown (ed)
Scottish Society in the fifteenth century
Robert Bruce & the Community of the Realm Amazon.com No Image  
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J Dowden
The medieval church in Scotland		 AAM Duncan
James I king of Scots 1424-1437
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R Fawcett
Scottish Medieval Churches		 R Frame
The political development of the British Isles
Scottish Medieval Churches Amazon.com The Political Development of the British Isles  
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N MacDougall
James III		 N MacDougal
James IV
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LJ MacFarlane
William Elphinstone and the kingdom of Scotland 1431-1514		 C McGladddery
James II
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N Reid
Scotland in the reign of Alexander III 1249-1286		 Walter Bower, ed. D.E.R. Watt (Aberdeen 1987-)
Scotichronicon
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Economy and Society
S Cruden
The Scottish Castle		 RA Dodgshon
Land and society in early Scotland
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E Ewan
Townlife in fourteenth century Scotland		 M Lynch, M Spearman & G Stell (eds)
The Scottish medieval town
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L MacLean (ed)
The middle ages in the Highlands		 GWS Barrow
Scotland and Its Neighbours in the Middle Ages
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