Scotland: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Houston Rab

Author:Houston, Rab [Houston, Rab]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-11-26T16:00:00+00:00

The best that can be said about society before the Middle Ages is that it was hierarchical, for the Norse threat had created a new focus on sustaining a military class answerable to the king. It was also strongly based on customary law and on family and kinship networks. ‘Celtic’ influence was one of many. After 1100, generalizations are easier. The Anglo-Normans introduced feudalism, at whose core was a bond between an assigner of land and its assignee that entailed clearly specified rights and obligations. Gaelic society was less socially rigid, based on a kindred or ‘clan’, where moral obligations were intensely strong, but rights hardly ever specified.

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