Books published by John Donald Publishers Ltd

Brings together records in Latin, Scots, Gaelic and English (some new) for the first time in their original form, with transcriptions and translations. Describes both the lead-up to the battle, its aftermath and the ending of the Lordship. Includes historical analysis of the ballads associated with the battle and contests a number of romantic myths

The Norman invasion of Britain, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, is well known, but the later invasion of Ireland is much less well documented. This book describes how Ireland was invaded and settled by the French-speaking Normans from north-west France, whose language and culture had already come to dominate most of Britain.

The first ever study of the Late Norse kingdoms of Man and the Isles in the period of the central Middle Ages.

This is the first scholarly biography of the two kings who established medieval Scotland's most famous and durable royal dynasty.

The first full-length study of the famous Scottish king Mael Coluim III.

Reissue of three classic volumes of Hebridean folk songs.

Reissue of three classic volumes of Hebridean folk songs.

A reissue of three classic volumes of Hebridean Folk Songs

An invaluable guide for professionals, landowners and users of land in Scotland.

Arriving to the 1100th anniversary of the death of Aethelflaed, Tim Clarkson looks into Aethelflaed's important place as ruler of Mercia (one of the major powers of Dark Age Britain), and as a force against the Vikings.

Who was Merlin? Is the famous wizard of Arthurian legend based on a real person? In this book, Merlin's origins are traced back to the story of Lailoken, a mysterious 'wild man' who is said to have lived in the Scottish Lowlands in the sixth century AD.

Describes Scotland's 150-year involvement in Arctic bowhead whaling using previously unpublished research from port records and newspaper accounts.

A fascinating biography of James I, King of Scots.

A fascinating biography of one of Scotland's most famous and greatest kings.

The history of an exclusive and knowledgeable Gaelic medical family who served several centuries of Scottish noble families.

An essential introduction to one of the major Scottish historians of modern times.

The only comprehensive single-volume biography of James II of Scotland.

Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Witch-hunting was related to ideas, values, attitudes and political events. It was a complicated process, involving religious and civil authorities, village tensions and the fears of the elite.

Analyses the political relationships between the Clyde Britons and their Anglo-Saxon neighbours; explains how the kingdom of Strathclyde, or Cumbria, became one of the great powers of the time; describes the origins of the English county of Cumberland and the western section of the English-Scottish border.

This book challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of Viking settlement in the Inner Hebrides and will be of interest to researchers, students and amateur historians of Place-Name Studies, Viking Studies, Scottish Medieval History, Scottish Studies and Scandinavian Cultural History.