Oram, R. (2008). Royal and lordly residence in Scotland c 1050 to c 1250. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 88. Vol 88, pp. 165-189. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500001372.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
Royal and lordly residence in Scotland c 1050 to c 1250 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
an historiographical review and critical revision | ||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 88 | ||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London | ||||
Volume Volume number and part |
88 | ||||
Number of Pages The number of pages in the publication or report |
505 | ||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
165 - 189 | ||||
Biblio Note This is a Bibliographic record only. |
The ADS have no files for download on this page but further information is available online, normally as an electronic version maintained by the Publisher, or held in a larger collection such as an ADS Archive. Please refer to the DOI or URI listed in the Relations section of this record to locate the information you require. In the case of non-ADS resources, please be aware that we cannot advise further on availability. | ||||
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Journal | ||||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
States that academic study of eleventh- to thirteenth-century high-status residence in Scotland has been largely bypassed by English debates over origin, function and symbolism. Also argues that archaeologists have also been slow to engage with three decades of historical revision of the traditional socio-economic, cultural and political models upon which their interpretations of royal and lordly residence have drawn. Furthermore, it is argued that Scottish castle studies concerned with the pre-1250 era continue to be framed by a 'military architecture' historiographical tradition and a view of the castles as an alien artefact imposed on the land by foreign adventurers and a 'modernizing' monarchy and native Gaelic nobility. The author argues that knowledge and understanding of pre-twelfth-century native high-status sites is rudimentary and derived primarily from often inappropriate analogy with English examples. He considers that discussion of native responses to the imported castle-building culture is founded upon retrospective projection of inappropriate later medieval social and economic models and anachronistic perceptions of military colonialism. The article concludes by arguing that cultural and socio-economic difference is rarely recognized in archaeological modelling and cultural determinism has distorted perceptions of structural from, social status and material values, and that a programme of interdisciplinary studies focused on specific sites is necessary to provide a corrective to this current situation. | ||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2008 | ||||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
|
||||
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(biab_online)
|
||||
Relations Other resources which are relevant to this publication or report |
|
||||
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
30 Apr 2010 |
