Medieval History
Professor Dauvit Broun, the Glasgow expert in medieval Scottish history was the principal investigator of the Paradox of Medieval Scotland project, or PoMS for short, which took three years to complete and also involved researchers from Edinburgh and King's College London.
The project, to develop the most comprehensive database ever compiled of any European kingdom's inhabitants in the central middle ages, has been published online and is open to anyone with an interest in Scottish history to study the people of a medieval kingdom in unprecedented detail.
The multi-faceted database contains information on everyone mentioned in more than 6000 documents from Scotland between 1093 and 1286. It shows not only who they were, but gives an insight into how they related to each other as individuals, as different parts of society, and as Gaels and non-Gaels.
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Medieval History
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Professor Dauvit Broun, the Glasgow expert in medieval Scottish history was the principal investigator of the Paradox of Medieval Scotland project, or PoMS for short, which took three years to complete and also involved researchers from Edinburgh and King's College London.
The project, to develop the most comprehensive database ever compiled of any European kingdom's inhabitants in the central middle ages, has been published online and is open to anyone with an interest in Scottish history to study the people of a medieval kingdom in unprecedented detail.
The multi-faceted database contains information on everyone mentioned in more than 6000 documents from Scotland between 1093 and 1286. It shows not only who they were, but gives an insight into how they related to each other as individuals, as different parts of society, and as Gaels and non-Gaels.
Click here to read this article from the University of Glasgow
See also our our article Medieval Scotland database launched
- People Of Medieval Scotland Online Database Officially Launched
A new interactive online database, which will make thousands of the oldest documents in Scotland?s history available to the public, has been officially launched today during an event at the University of Glasgow. The People of Medieval Scotland (PoMS)...
- Academic Says William Wallace Was Rebellion 'co-leader'
William Wallace was no more than a "co-leader" in events which sparked a Scottish uprising against Edward I in 1297, a historian has claimed. Professor Dauvit Broun argues that the killing of the Sheriff of Lanark was as much down to a knight called Richard...
- Online History Lessons Littered With Schoolboy Errors, Warns Royal Society
Historians have criticised Scotland's school curriculum body after inaccuracies were found in its teaching materials. Christopher Whatley, professor of Scottish history at Dundee University, led an expert group at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)...
- University Of Glasgow Creates First Chair Of Gaelic In Scotland
Professor Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh has been named as the first ever established Chair of Gaelic in Scotland by the University of Glasgow. The Chair has been created to recognise the University as a centre of excellence for the study of Celtic and Gaelic....
- Scotland's History Website Launched
A wealth of information about Scotland's past is now freely available through an online resource developed for the use of pupils, teachers and the wider public. Scotland's History Online covers a range of subjects, from prehistoric through to...