Atlas of Scottish History to 1707

Authors

Peter G B McNeill; Hector L MacQueen; Marinell Ash; Patrick Ashmore; J W M Bannerman; Ishbel Barnes; G W S Barrow; Stephen Boardman; Alan Borthwick; David J Breeze; James Brown; D H Caldwell; J S Cameron; Ewan Campbell; R G Cant; T M Chalmers; Peter Corser; I B Cowan; B E Crawford; E P Dennison; Helen Dingwall; David Ditchburn; Philip Dixon; David Dobson; R A Dodgshon; J G Dunbar; A A M Duncan; John Durkan; Alexis Easson; W K Emond; Elizabeth Ewan; Richard Fawcett; Elaine Finnie; Ian Fisher; J D Galbraith; Alexander Gibson; John M Gilbert; Alexander Grant; W S Hanson; Caroline Hardie; I B Henderson; L J F Keppie; James Kirk; J F Lydon; Michael Lynch; N A T Macdougall; C A McGladdery; L J MacGregor; A I Macinnes; Alan Macquarrie; G S Maxwell; Maureen Meikle; Marcus H Merriman; Rosiland Mitchison; Ian A Morrison; Jean Munro; R W Munro; Athol Murray; W F H Nicolaisen; Richard Oram; T I Rae; N H Reid; Anna Ritchie; Niall H Robertson; Margaret H B Sanderson; W W Scott; W D H Sellar; Norman F Shead; G G Simpson; M A Simpson; Allan Small; David B Smith; R M Spearman; Margaret Steele; Geoffrey Stell; Alexander Stevenson; David Stevenson; Alistair Strang; K J Stringer; Lisbeth M Thoms; Anthony Tuck; D J Turner; D E R Watt; B Webster; I D Whyte; C W J Withers; Alan Young
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332400

Keywords:

settlements, climate, trade, Romans, Picts, Anglo-Scottish relations, conflicts, administration, the church

Synopsis

This atlas has been produced under the imprint of The Scottish Medievalists and the Department of Geography of the University of Edinburgh. It replaces the earlier work, An Historical Atlas of Scotland c 400–c1600 which was published in 1975 by the Scottish Medievalists and which went out of print some years ago. The present atlas has been almost fifteen years in the making. It contains not only maps, but also diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts where these are necessary. The table of contents shows the range of matters covered in the atlas. Naturally, most of the atlas is concerned with the lands which were later to form the kingdom of Scotland: but other maps deal with Scotland’s contact with other countries - chiefly with the nearest neighbour, England, but also with Ireland, several parts of Europe, a small part of Asia and the Americas. A large part of Scottish history deals with invasions by whole peoples, such as the Angles from the south and the Scots from the west as well as the inward flow of military invaders from Agricola to Cromwell and the less frequent and less successful invasions of England by the Scots. The development of the church and of the royal administration over the period is covered in large sections; and the section dealing with economic affairs is the largest of all. It includes such topics as the burghs, taxation and the trends in domestic and foreign trade. It has been possible to keep the price of the atlas at a figure within the reach of students, because of the generosity of benefactors and because the contributors assigned their copyright in the atlas to its trustees who are recognised as a charity. As with the previous atlas, this new enlarged atlas is designed not only for students but also for anyone who has an interest in the development of Scotland. The design on the back page is a drawing by Anona Lyons of a rare whalebone plaque carved with horses heads. The plaque was part of a find excavated in November 1991 from the site of a Viking burial boat on the island of Sanday in Orkney.

Chapters

  • Prelims
    Peter G B McNeill, Hector L MacQueen
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  • The Maps
    Ian A Morrison
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  • Events to about 850
    Lisbeth M Thoms
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  • Events from about 850 to 1460
    Norman F Shead
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  • Events from 1460 to 1707
    N A T Macdougall
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  • Administration
    Hector L MacQueen
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  • Economic development
    David Ditchburn, Michael Lynch
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  • The church
    D E R Watt
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  • Social and cultural
    Geoffrey Stell
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  • Regional and local
    G W S Barrow
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Published

May 8, 2026

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Copyright (c) 2026 Peter G B McNeill, Hector L MacQueen (Author); Marinell Ash, Patrick Ashmore, J W M Bannerman, Ishbel Barnes (Contributor); G W S Barrow (Editor); Stephen Boardman, Alan Borthwick, David J Breeze, James Brown, D H Caldwell, J S Cameron, Ewan Campbell, R G Cant, T M Chalmers, Peter Corser, I B Cowan, B E Crawford, E P Dennison, Helen Dingwall (Contributor); David Ditchburn (Editor); Philip Dixon, David Dobson, R A Dodgshon, J G Dunbar, A A M Duncan, John Durkan, Alexis Easson, W K Emond, Elizabeth Ewan, Richard Fawcett, Elaine Finnie, Ian Fisher, J D Galbraith, Alexander Gibson, John M Gilbert, Alexander Grant, W S Hanson, Caroline Hardie, I B Henderson, L J F Keppie, James Kirk, J F Lydon (Contributor); Michael Lynch, N A T Macdougall (Editor); C A McGladdery, L J MacGregor, A I Macinnes, Alan Macquarrie, G S Maxwell, Maureen Meikle, Marcus H Merriman, Rosiland Mitchison (Contributor); Ian A Morrison (Editor); Jean Munro, R W Munro, Athol Murray, W F H Nicolaisen, Richard Oram, T I Rae, N H Reid, Anna Ritchie, Niall H Robertson, Margaret H B Sanderson, W W Scott, W D H Sellar (Contributor); Norman F Shead (Editor); G G Simpson, M A Simpson, Allan Small, David B Smith, R M Spearman, Margaret Steele (Contributor); Geoffrey Stell (Editor); Alexander Stevenson, David Stevenson, Alistair Strang, K J Stringer (Contributor); Lisbeth M Thoms (Editor); Anthony Tuck, D J Turner (Contributor); D E R Watt (Editor); B Webster, I D Whyte, C W J Withers, Alan Young (Contributor)

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0 9503904 1 0

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978-1-908332-40-0