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Online database brings medieval Scotland to life

FRESH light is to be shed on the thousands of people who helped shape Scottish history throughout the medieval era.

The Ragman Roll, which summarises oaths of fealty made by the Scottish nobility to Edward I
The Ragman Roll, which summarises oaths of fealty made by the Scottish nobility to Edward I

Glasgow University has compiled an online database of more than 21,000 people mentioned in the 8600 documents from Scotland that survive between 1093 and 1314.

People of Medieval Scotland covers documents written from the death of Malcolm III, on November 13, 1093, to Robert I’s parliament at Cambuskenneth, on November 6, 1314.

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