I wasn't referring to liturgical models, even St Patrick was probably linked far closer to the continent than the espousers of "Celtic" Christianity would have us to believe...
However, organisationally in the Gaelic world the abbot and the minster were more powerful than the bishop. It was...
What if Britain manages to hold onto the colonies apart from New England... would an independent New England be even economically viable... especially if New York was still part of the Anglo-American Empire?
Though this probably ASB, because if Britain can hold down the rest of the colonies it...
IN the 12th century Scottish Kings were still crowned King of the Scots, English and Norse (sometimes Cumbrian)...
However, to have the AS transform Pictland rather than the Scots we need Augustine Christianity to spread north far quicker... it was Gaelic Christianity that increasingly drew...
For Britain, a more destructive War of the Roses, with Wales successfully rebelling and Scotland taking full advantage of the opportunity, and annexes the north?
Or possibly a Reformation split in England, where the south go Protestant while the north and Wales stay Catholic and successfully rebel?
The problem with this scenario is that it is neither plausible regarding the archaeology or Biblical text. In the Bible the Israelites are not distinct until they are rescued by Yahweh and taught his commandments at Mount Sinai. Archaeology would know suggest that the Hebrews arose in Palestine...
Surely that is an improvement from OTL though?
I'm afraid that it is getting late here so I shall log off. I shall think more about this question tomorrow.:)
I was referring to the many different principlaities, kingships, abbeys etc that consisted the patch-work of polities that was the Isle of Ireland.
I don't think you need the whole Ireland to unite, just a loss enough alliance at first (such as in Wales before the northern principality of...
What we need is an Irish attempt to Normanize in the same way Scotland did from the late 11th century onwards.
It is worth remembering that the first Norman families in Ireland were adventures, and so if they had been defeated Ireland would have been allowed to develop in peace for a lot...
Perhaps we need to have some Frankish/Norman nobles invited in by a prince of Gwynedd so as to introduce Latin social norms? Though unlike Scotland they are far nearer the core of Norman power so they would unfortunately wish to increase their differences from the Normans rather than blur...
Can I second this recommendation. A very good biography on a very complex monarch.
The problem with this issue is that we suffer from hindsight knowing how the whole period 1286-1328 unfolded. All I can say is that if Edward wanted to conquer Scotland in 1290-92 he could have assented to...
Not really, many scholars do not believe that Edward had any goals regarding Scotland until after Alexander died, when the Maid of Norway gave him an opportunity (as well as giving the Norwegians an opportunity to meddle)...
It was only with the Great Cause that Edward began to think of...
A son of Alexander III would be a blood relative of Edward I (Edward's nephew). Alexander III had good relations with Edward, and I don't see there being a change with Alexander IV.
Certainly Edward would put pressure on the new King but I cannot see any change from the cordial relations which...
It has been noted by many historians that by the time of its final defeat at the hands of Edward I, Gwynedd has begun the process of Europeanisation that Scotland and Brandenburg had already committed themselves to a hundred years before.
Thus Robert Bartlett suggests that if Gwynedd had been...