Table of Contents
List of Figures vii
Series Editors' Foreword Christopher A. Whatley Elizabeth Foyster ix
Introduction: Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland Edward J. Cowan Lizanne Henderson 1
1 Landscape and People Fiona Watson 25
2 The Worldview of Scottish Vikings in the Age of the Sagas Edward J. Cowan 36
3 Sacred and Banal: The Discovery of Everyday Medieval Material Culture Jenny Shiels Stuart Campbell 67
4 The Family David Sellar 89
5 'Hamperit in ane hony came': Sights, Sounds and Smells in the Medieval Town Elizabeth Ewan 109
6 Playtime Everyday: The Material Culture of Medieval Gaming Mark A. Hall 145
7 Women of Independence in Barbour's Bruce and Blind Harry's Wallace Rebecca Boorsma 169
8 Everyday Life in the Histories of Scotland from Walter Bower to George Buchanan Nicola Royan 185
9 Disease, Death and the Hereafter in Medieval Scotland Richard D. Oram 196
10 'Detestable Slaves of the Devil': Changing Ideas about Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland Lizanne Henderson 226
11 Glaswegians: The First One Thousand Years Edward J. Cowan 254
12 Marian Devotion in Scotland and the Shrine of Loreto Audrey-Beth Fitch 274
Annotated Bibliography 289
Notes on the Contributors 303
Index 306
