and to Mr. J.T.T. Brown, of Glasgow, who was good enough to aid me in
the search for references to the Highlanders in Scottish mediæval
literature, and to give me the benefit of his great knowledge of this
subject.

R.S.R.

NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD,
_April, 1901_.




CONTENTS


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INTRODUCTION ix

CHAP. I. RACIAL DISTRIBUTION AND FEUDAL RELATIONS,
_c._500-1066 a.d. 1

" II. SCOTLAND AND THE NORMANS, 1066-1286 11

" III. THE SCOTTISH POLICY OF EDWARD I, 1286-1296 31

" IV. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1297-1328 41

" V. EDWARD III AND SCOTLAND, 1328-1399 64