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The years between the deaths of King Mael Coluim and Queen Margaret in 1093 and King Alexander III in 1286 witnessed the formation of a kingdom resembling the Scotland we know today, which was a full member of the European club of monarchies; the period is also marked by an explosion in the production of documents. This volume includes a range of new studies casting fresh light on the institutions and people of the Scottish kingdom, especially in the thirteenth century. New perspectives are offered on topics as diverse as the limited reach of Scottish royal administration and justice, the ties that bound the unfree to their lords, the extent of a political community in the time of King Alexander II, a view of Europeanization from the spread of a common material culture, the role of a major Cistercian monastery in the kingdom and the broader world, and the idea of the neighbourhood in Scots law. There are also chapters on the corpus of charters and names and the innovative technology behind the People of Medieval Scotland prosopographical database, which made use of over 6000 individual documents from the period. Matthew Hammond is a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow. Contributors: John Bradley, Stuart Campbell, David Carpenter, Matthew Hammond, Emilia Jamroziak, Cynthia Neville, Michele Pasin, Keith Stringer, Alice Taylor.

Scotland --- History --- Politics and government. --- Civilization. --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- 1093-1286. --- Chartes. --- Cistercian Monastery. --- European Club of Monarchies. --- Europeanization. --- Material Culture. --- Matthew Hammond. --- Medieval Scotland. --- Names. --- Neighborhood. --- New Perspectives. --- Political Community. --- Scots Law. --- Scottish Kingdom. --- Technology.

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First collection devoted to the Poly-Olbion, bringing out in particular its concerns with nature and the environment.

Drayton, Michael, --- Draiton, Michaell --- Great Britain --- Poetry --- Early works to 1800. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- British culture. --- British landscapes. --- British literature. --- John Selden. --- Merlin. --- Michael Drayton. --- New Perspectives. --- Poly-Olbion. --- William Hole. --- early modern England. --- ecological sustainability. --- ecology. --- environmental degradation. --- history. --- national history. --- natural history. --- supernatural conception. --- topography. --- woodlands.

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Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading experts on the region, A Living Past synthesizes a wide range of scholarship to offer new perspectives on environmental change in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean since the nineteenth century. Each chapter provides insightful, up-to-date syntheses of current scholarship on critical countries and ecosystems (including Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, the tropical Andes, and tropical forests) and such cross-cutting themes as agriculture, conservation, mining, ranching, science, and urbanization. Together, these studies provide valuable historical contexts for making sense of contemporary environmental challenges facing the region.

Human ecology --- Nature --- History. --- Effect of human beings on --- Latin America --- Environmental conditions. --- agriculture. --- conservation. --- contemporary environmental challenges. --- critical countries and ecosystems. --- definitive volume. --- latin america and spanish caribbean. --- latin american environmental history. --- mining. --- new perspectives on environmental change. --- ranching. --- science. --- urbanization.