• Part 1 The Scottish origin-legend in John of Fordun's "Chronica Gentis Scottorum" - prospects and problems: the quest for the sources of Fordun's account of Scottish origins-- the need for a new edition of Fordun's "Chronica"-- manuscripts of Fordun's "Chronica"-- editorial problems and principles.
• Part 2 The Scottish origin-legend in John of Fordun's "Chronica Gentis Scottorum - edited extracts.
• Part 3 The Scottish origin-legend in John of Fordun's "Chronica Gentis Scottorum" - analysis: the Scottish origin-legend in Fordun's "Chronica" as far as the taking of Ireland-- the settlement of "Scoti" in Scotland-- Fordun's source for his account of Scottish origins-- reconstructing the "Eber" and "Partholon" accounts as far as the settlement of "Scoti" in Ireland-- the vision of Ireland in the "Partholon" account.
• Part 4 Accounts of Scottish origins in Thomas Grey's "Scalacronica" and Andrew of Wyntoun's "Original Chronicle": the Scottish chronicle inserted into Grey's "Scalacronica"-- Grey's account of Scottish origins and Fordun's passages attributed to "Legenda Sancti Brandani"-- Grey's account of Scottish origins and Fordun's passages attributed to "Legenda Sancti Congalli"-- an origin-legend plus king-list text written 1292x1304-- Wyntoun's accounts of Scottish origins-- other witnesses of the origin-legend plus king-list text.
• Part 5 Accounts of Scottish origins 1214-1306: the role of Ireland in lost accounts of Scottish origins attested by Fordun, Grey and Wyntoun-- the date and provenance of lost accounts of Scottish origins attested by Fordun, Grey and Wyntoun-- the "Eber" account and its source-- the vision of Ireland in the "Eber" account-- accounts of Scottish origins in the first war of independence-- the account of Scottish origins in "Liber Extrauagans" attached to Bower's "Scotichronicon"-- summary of accounts of Scottish origins, 1214-1306, and their identification of the Scottish kingship with Ireland.
• Part 6 Scottish king-lists 1093-1214: Marjorie Anderson's X-group of regnal lists-- Anderson's Y-group of regnal lists beginning with Cinaed mac Alpin-- Anderson's Y-group regnal lists which include kings of Dal Riata-- the addition of the Dal Riata regnal list (1165x1214)-- Anderson's discussion of Scottish regnal lists 1094-1214.
• Part 7 Royal history and the legitimation of the Scottish kingship c950-1249: Scottish regnal lists c950-1093-- Cinaed mac Alpin as founder of the Scottish kingship-- 12th- and 13th-century texts of the genealogy of the kings of Scots-- the significance of the royal genealogy.
• Part 8 From Irish identity to a Scottish nation.
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The close ties between Gaels of Ireland and Scotland are well known, but in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the elite in the core areas of the kingdom of the Scots apparently turned their backs on Gaelic culture. This book takes a new look at the issue, investigating the extent to which Scottish men of letters of the period identified the Scottish kingdom and its inhabitants with Ireland, and exploring the function of the kingdom's Irish identity. Dr Broun argues that a perceived historical link with Ireland was a fundamental feature of the kingdom's identity throughout the period, and discusses the beginnings of a Scottish national identity in the 1290s and early 1300s. His evidence is based on a thorough examination of accounts of Scottish origins, the royal genealogy, and regnal lists, which articulated perceptions of the kingdom's identity; included are new editions of the origin-legend material in Book I of Fordun's 'Chronica Gentis Scottorum'; hitherto unknown witnesses of Scottish king-lists; and texts of the royal genealogy. Dr DAUVIT BROUN is lecturer in Scottish history at the University of Glasgow.
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