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Bloodfeud in Scotland 1573 - 1625, Brown: Hardback: 1st Edition: Scots History

Bloodfeud in Scotland 1573 - 1625, Brown: Hardback: 1st Edition: Scots History

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Bloodfeud in Scotland 1573 - 1625


By Keith M. Brown.


Published by John Donald, Edinburgh, 1986. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket (unclipped), 299 pages.


CONDITION
Overall good condition, fading to spine of dustjacket, see photos. No names or writing.


Partly because it had largely disappeared at an early stage in the development of literacy in Europe and partly because it has never been a fashionable topic for historians, the bloodfeud has been subject to more research from anthropologists than historians. The result is that more is known about feuding amongst the tribes of 20th-century Sudan than about feuding in pre-modern Europe. It was a phenomenon which had an effect, to a greater or lesser extent, on the history of most countries of Europe and this study will provide much material of value to all historians. 

The bloodfeud was a late survival in Scotland and this has ensured that it is better documented than in other European societies. This study of the Scottish evidence shows its relevance to the wider European community to which the Scots belonged; reveals much about the nature of the bloodfeud in general; and explores the changes in the community which brought about its suppression.

Keith Brown is Glenfiddich Fellow in the Department of Scottish History of St Andrews University.
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