Description: The history of Scotland from the first dark ages though the reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI until the accession to the crown of England. Included are narratives concerning the murder of King Henry ( Lord Henry D Arnly), Robert Bruce, Queen Elizabeth, Mary, Queen of Scots, The Earl of Northumberland, Duke of Norfolk and William Wallace. William Robertson (19 September 1721 – 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, , and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. The thirty years during which [he] presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history." He made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America. One of his most notable works is his History of Scotland 1542–1603, begun in 1753 and first published in 1759. Robertson also contributed to the history of Spain and Spanish America in his History of America (1777), "the first sustained attempt to describe the discovery, conquest and settlement of Spanish America since Herrera's Décadas and his biography of Charles V. In that work he had "provided a masterly survey of the progress of European society, in which he traced the erosion of the 'feudal system' caused by the rise of free towns, the revival of learning and Roman law, and by the emergence of royal authority and the balance of power between states.
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Year Printed: 1781
Binding: Leather
Author: WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D.
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: T. CADELL, in the Strand
Place of Publication: LONDON
