Even the Lordship of the Isles website, which refers to it as a superpower(?!), also refers to it as a "nominal vassal".
http://lordshipoftheisles.webs.com/lordshipoftheisles.htm
That's more than France ever got out of England.
This is more ambiguous http://macdonnellofleinster.org/page_15c_the_macdonald_era.htm
Would love to see any suggestions for further reading, though.
http://lordshipoftheisles.webs.com/lordshipoftheisles.htm
That's more than France ever got out of England.
This is more ambiguous http://macdonnellofleinster.org/page_15c_the_macdonald_era.htm
Would love to see any suggestions for further reading, though.