" VI. SCOTLAND, LANCASTER, AND YORK, 1400-1500 80

" VII. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ENGLISH ALLIANCE,
1500-1542 101

" VIII. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS, 1542-1568 116

" IX. THE UNION OF THE CROWNS, 1568-1625 141

" X. "THE TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND", 1625-1688 157

" XI. THE UNION OF THE PARLIAMENTS, 1689-1707 180

APPENDIX A. REFERENCES TO THE HIGHLANDERS IN
MEDIÆVAL LITERATURE 195

" B. THE FEUDALIZATION OF SCOTLAND 204

" C. TABLE OF THE COMPETITORS OF 1290 214

INDEX 215




INTRODUCTION


The present volume has been published with two main objects. The writer