This original and stimulating study presents for the first time a substantial and neglected body of evidence: the written contracts made between the Scottish lords and their followers under the Stewart monarchy. These documents - bonds and contracts of Manrent and Maintenance, of Friendship, and of Political and Religious commitment - are presented in extensive appendices, which make this book an invaluable reference tool for anyone interested in the history and society of late medieval Scotland. Dr Wormald's highly original and stimulating analysis of this evidence offers new ways of thinking about the 'post feudal' aristocracy, not only in Scotland but in other countries too.
- ISBN13 9781904607120
- Publish Date 24 November 2003 (first published July 1985)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 June 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Donald Publishers Ltd
- Imprint John Donald Short Run Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 488
- Language English