| Donald was Malcolm Canmore's brother and he seized the throne
when Malcolm's son died at Alnwick and left the succession open.
He took Edinburgh Castle and drove Malcolm's sons by Margaret into
exile along with the few English who were left at the court.
We know very little about Donald III, even his epithet Ban, which
means white, is unexplained. In 1094 his nephew, Duncan, supported
by William Rufus of England marched north and deposed Donald. However,
Donald then allied himself with Duncan II's half-brother, Edmund,
and won the kingdom back. For the next three years he ruled Scotland
north of the Forth-Clyde line leaving the southern part to Edmund.
In 1097 another of Malcolm's sons, Edgar, returned to Scotland with
help from Rufus and deposed Donald for good. He was captured, blinded,
and imprisoned for life. When he died he was buried on Iona. |
History Books on this time period:
| Author |
Title |
Published |
Price |
Order
Now From: |
| Duncan, A. A. M. |
Scotland: the Making of the Kingdom |
1975 |
£16.99 |
Amazon.co.uk |
| Scotland: the Making of the Kingdom is the first "straight"
history of Scotland from pre-history to 1286 to be published
since 1862. It starts with the evidence on pre-historic
and Roman Scotland and covers in some detail the incursions
and amalgamations of races who made up the Celtic Kingdom,
the impact of the Vikings and the forging of a single
kingdom. Professor Duncan looks at the Anglo-Norman influence
on Scotland and gives a full account of Anglo-Scottish
relations up to 1214. The growth of towns is discussed
together with the expansion of trade and the place of
Scottish evidence in the evolution of rural and urban
society in north-west Europe. The closing chapters narrate
the progress which made possible the establishment of
an efficient and unoppressive administrative system. |
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| Barrow, G. W. S. |
Kingship & Unity: Scotland 1000-1306 |
1989 |
£9.95
or
$16.50 |
Amazon.co.uk
or
Amazon.com |
Professor Barrow takes up the history of a Scotland
which in the eleventh century already has the beginnings
of a clear sense of identity, and a successful expansion
policy.
Emphasising in particular the kingdom's political growth
and the evolution of a distinct Scottish nation, Professor
Barrow narrates the story of Scotland's remarkable Medieval
kings and their development of a kingship and the institutions
of government which provided the unity and administration
to fend off Edward I's onslaughts in the thirteenth century.
This is a thoroughly readable and comprehensive account
of the building of medieval Scotland, and a welcome reissue
from the New History of Scotland series (formerly published
by Edward Arnold). |
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