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Scottish Business and Industrial History
The Paisley Abbey Rentals c.1460-1550: an Initial Investigation2019 •
This paper explores the potential uses of a neglected source for the history of Paisley abbey, the rental book from 1460-1550. It begins by exploring the importance of Paisley Abbey in medieval Scotland, its relations with the Cluniac order, and the wider context of accounting studies of Scotland's religious houses. The paper then examines the rental book itself, its key features, and its history from 1550 to its appearance in the Advocates Library in the early nineteenth century. Finally, the paper suggests a number of potential avenues to explore using the rentals.
This paper explores the relationship between the Early Stewart kings (Robert II, Robert III, and James I) with Gaelic Ireland in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century. The paper considers how the Stewarts often looked to Ireland for allies against the growing power of the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles.
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IONA ABBEY & CLAN DONALD 1200-1500
CLAN DONALD & IONA ABBEY 1200 -15002012 •
https://www.ionaabbeyandclandonald.com/ This book will show that the medieval Iona Abbey and Cathedral of the Isles, as you see them today (restored in the 20th century) are the legacy of the 15th century Clan Donald Lords of The Isles and their Clan Donald Abbots and Bishops. But a major problem with the how this historic site is currently interpreted is a perception that none of it, or very little, has anything to do with Clan Donald. A misplaced trust in treating with England started the great Royal Clan Donald's downfall. Divisions within its leadership resulted and the weakened Lordship of the Isles lost it all in 1493. Including its ecclesiastical history which was also “Reformed" and the much transformed country forgot Clan Donald was the whole reason for the very existence of medieval Iona Abbey and its Cathedral of the Isles. There is in fact a flawed historical account of the Clan Donald's essential structural role in the medieval abbey's existence right from its inception in early 13th century caused by the 300 year later destruction of not only the Abbey's infrastructure but the whole institutionalised national machinery which sustained it. This sudden, violent end of the era resulted in a partial ecclesiastical "memory loss". The Earls of Argyll at that time were Scotland's political masters, the instigators and benefactors of the tumultuous upheavals with massive shifts in the macroeconomic environment. Their descendant Earls and Dukes have not only enjoyed the "fruits" but also the resulting "Reformation" of the Abbey's history in their favour. When it comes to who is most associated with “Iona Abbey”, the lion’s share of attention is focused on the internationally famous, iconic St Columba, the early Christian era and Iona’s Hiberno-Scottish mission, and then fast-forwards to the recency of the regional celebrity of the “extraordinary” Renaissance Man, the 8th Duke of Argyll with the large marble effigies of himself and third wife Ina, so dominant in the cathedral. The 8th Duke was proud of ‘owning’ Iona not because of the medieval Abbey, but because of his love for the island’s nature and particularly its association with one man, St Columba. He gives the distinct impression that he would have been quite satisfied if the medieval abbey had never existed. NB: The established Church of Scotland (orientation Calvinist) traces its origins beyond the Reformation and sees itself in continuity with the church established by St. Ninian, St. Columba, St. Kentigern and other Celtic saints. [1] To the 8th Duke, the Catholic-Benedictine-Clan Donald phase of 1200-1500 on Iona is just an inconvenient interlude between the Paruchia Colum Cille and the Protestant Reformation. To him, and others, this period, albeit just a short 300 years, inconveniently interferes with and interrupts the "continuity" just mentioned {"St Columba teaching the grand system of Calvanistic theology!"; as incredulously said 1934} and is something best denigrated and relegated to unworthiness and insignificance - trivialised. All of the above negativities coalesce, with the more recent colouring the distant past, and leaves the Clan Donald Lords of the Isles forfeit of any due recognition, outside of the minimalist role of being called (mere) benefactors or patrons. This is a gross understatement of their fundamental contribution to this infrastructure, the resulting economics of the region and the truly extraordinary three centuries long existence of the late medieval Iona Abbey and its Cathedral of the Isles which is entirely due to this one "Royal" family. The MacDonald's financing and building is paramount in providing the sole witness to Iona's extant architecture...... “probably the completest and most interesting group of ancient ecclesiastical structures in Scotland"; - 1897. [2] Yet, in many respects the MacDonalds are sidelined, what's more anonymously [with no individual monument attributions] to St Oran’s Chapel. It is all substantively misleading in terms of a proper interpretation of the history of the site’s extant architecture. This book will put an end to the clouding of facts which :- (A) Gives no or very little credit to the early Clan Donald for the very existence and continued growth, enhancement and maintenance of the medieval Abbey for three centuries and raising of the Cathedral of the Isles; (B) Portrays little of the responsibility for the then Earls of Argyll playing a significant, leading part in its 16th and 17th centuries destruction and exactly how the abbey’s wealth and property “came into the hands of” their family; (C) However sees the Argyll Earls/Dukes enjoying a disproportionate amount of the accolades for “returning” and “restoring” the Abbey, when very little of it or the exact opposite is the truth. [3] This throws a deep and long slanted shadow over the whole medieval history. https://www.ionaabbeyandclandonald.com/ ________________________________ [1] However, see this opinion :- The Topographical Statistical and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, Volume 2; p.47 (col. 2). 1854. "The Culdees, ‘servants of God,’ as the fraternity of Iona and the communities connected with them were called, seem to have had no connexion whatever with the corrupt, pompous, usurping, and multitudinous sect which, from an early period in the 4th century, claimed the alliance of the state, arrogated to itself the title of ‘the Catholic church,’ and was already far advanced, all indeed but completely matured, in the foul innovations of Romanism. ......... An Episcopalian, a Presbyterian, and an Independent, if keener to gather laurels for his party than to obtain an impartial view of facts, will each, and not without plausibility, but under decided mistake, claim the Culdees, as brethren in creed.” [2] MacGibbon, David & Ross, Thomas; “The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland, VOL III; pps 48, 49. ; 1897. NB: contrast this praise to the 8th Duke’s condemnation: “all these buildings before us are the monuments of the dull and often the corrupt monotony of medieval Romanism” - this is about what the building's represented but he also never said anything in praise of the structures themselves. Nothing remained of the early Christian monastery. The only monument from that period that endured and was left standing was St Martin’s 8th century cross. Only the very foundations of a 9th century “shrine” later built for St Columba remained. The three ancient tombs of the kings are totally gone and the early Christian smaller gravestones, cross fragments would also have all but disappeared, stolen or mainly buried from view and memory without the central gravitas, attraction and therefore protection of what is currently, in the main, an early Clan Donald medieval site in terms of surviving architecture and a majority of the medieval monuments (Clan Donald’s alone, plus the vassal clans of its Lordship). [3] 1979 : (NY Times, Apr 2001.) “Heavy estate taxes led the 12th Duke of Argyll to sell the island of Iona. The Hugh Fraser Foundation buys Iona for the nation; ownership transferred to the National Trust for Scotland.”
Studia Hibernica
Clare Abbey, Clann Chraith and the coarb of St Breacán2023 •
A poem on the life of St Breacán sheds light on the use of literary devices to advance proprietorial interests in the late medieval diocese of Killaloe. The poem enumerates land grants and dues that, taken together, represent a charter of rights owed to the saint and his coarb (comharba). Previous analysis of the poem indicates that it was produced at Clare Abbey under the auspices of Clann Chraith (the McGrath lineage), who were the hereditary abbots during the 15th century. An assessment of the available evidence not only adds weight to this proposal but also reveals the probable impetus behind the poem: a need to bolster allegiances and revenues owed to Clare Abbey by neighbouring ecclesiastical sites in the face of waning influence. A comparative analysis of a poem on the rights of St Molaise of Devenish, Co. Fermanagh, will show that the use of hagiographic poetry as a tool of policy was not unique to Thomond and was in use in other late medieval Gaelic Irish lordships. 1
Journal of medieval history
Kinship and identity in eleventh-century Normandy: the case of Hugh de Grandmesnil, c. 1040-10982006 •
This paper examines Scotland's relationship with Ireland during the later middle ages, focusing in particular on the House of Stewart's relationship with the O'Donnells of Tyrconnell.
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
Dundrennan Abbey: archaeological investigation within the south range of a Cistercian house in Kirkcudbrightshire (Dumfries & Galloway), Scotland2001 •
Academia Letters
Conflict, famine, outbreaks, and a pandemic: a deadly mix2022 •
LE CARTE, I LUOGHI, LE OFFICINE, GLI UOMINI di Chiara Beatrice VicentiniL’ARTE FARMACEUTICA A FERRARA
Tre Inventari di spezierie ferraresi XIV - XV - XVI secolo ESTRATTO da Chiara Beatrice Vicentini LE CARTE, I LUOGHI, LE OFFICINE, GLI UOMINI L’ARTE FARMACEUTICA A FERRARA2022 •
Aethiopica International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies
Yoḥannǝs IV and the Patriarchate of Alexandria: Obtaining Four Coptic Bishops while Ceding Nothing on Jerusalem Issue (1876–1882)2022 •
Freikirchliche Gottesdienste. Empirische Analysen und theologische Reflexionen
Freikirchliche Gottesdienste2020 •
Journal- Korean Physical Society
Calculation of radial profiles of oxygen atoms in high-density oxygen discharges2014 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)
Diagnosis of static eccentricity fault in line start permanent magnet synchronous motor2014 •
European Journal of Echocardiography
Infective endocarditis in a parachute-like asymmetrical mitral valve2009 •
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Self-Organizing Maps Application in a Remote Water Quality Monitoring System2005 •
Türk hijiyen ve deneysel biyoloji dergisi
Increased Mean Platelet Volume, Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Platelet/ Red Blood Cell Distribution Width in Patients With Hepatitis B2019 •
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Purification of glycerol from transesterification using activated carbon prepared from Jatropha Shell for biodiesel production2019 •
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the association between urogenital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS infection2020 •