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A mormaer is listed at 150 kine, behind a king at 1,000 kine and equal to the value of a king's son, but only 50% higher than that of a thane at 100 kine. [15] While this implies that a mormaer was behind only the King of Scots in rank, it also shows that they were closer in status to a thane than to a king, and that both mormaer and thane were ...
Sumerledus with scribal abbreviations (Cambridge Corpus Christi College 139, folio ar). Somerled (died 1164), known in Middle Irish as Somairle, Somhairle, and Somhairlidh, and in Old Norse as Sumarliði [ˈsumɑrˌliðe], was a mid-12th-century Norse-Gaelic lord who, through marital alliance and military conquest, rose in prominence to create the Kingdom of Argyll and the Isles.
Thane (Scotland), a title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland Thane of Cawdor, a title in the Peerage of Scotland and a character in Macbeth; Places. Thane, city in Maharashtra, India Thane district; Thane taluka; Thane railway station; Thane Lok Sabha constituency; Thane Assembly constituency; Thane, Queensland, Australia
The English architect Inigo Jones has traditionally been linked to the redesign of the castle, though Historic Scotland consider the King's Master Mason William Schaw a more likely candidate, due to the traditional Scottish style of the architecture. [1] During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, soldiers were garrisoned at Glamis.
These texts give additional understanding on high medieval Scottish society, so long as inferences are kept conservative. The legal tract that has come down to us as the Laws of Brets and Scots, lists five grades of man: King, mormaer/earl, toísech/thane, ócthigern and serf. For pre-twelfth century Scotland, slaves are added to this category.
Scotland in the High Middle Ages is a relatively well-studied topic and Scottish medievalists have produced a wide variety of publications. Some, such as David Dumville, Thomas Owen Clancy and Dauvit Broun, are primarily interested in the native cultures of the country, and often have linguistic training in the Celtic languages.
Rev. Beata Thane St. Andrew's Scots Church , sometimes known as the Church of Scotland , is a 19th-century church in Valletta , Malta. The church was built to the neo-gothic design of Maltese architect Giuseppe Bonavia . [ 1 ]
Fleance (also spelled Fléance, / ˈ f l eɪ ɒ n s /) is a figure in legendary Scottish history.He was depicted by 16th-century historians as the son of Lord Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, and the ancestor of the kings of the House of Stuart.