Robert S. (Robert Sangster) Rait

Robert S. (Robert Sangster) Rait
Robert Sangster Rait (1874–1936) was a Scottish historian and academic known for his expertise in Scottish and British history. He served as the Historiographer Royal for Scotland and was appointed Principal of the University of Glasgow in 1929. Rait authored several historical works, including "Five Stuart Princesses" and "The Parliaments of Scotland". His contributions focused on the political and social history of Scotland, and he was highly regarded for his insightful analysis of constitutional developments.

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INTRODUCTION The present volume has been published with two main objects. The writer has attempted to exhibit, in outline, the leading features of the international history of the two countries which, in 1707, became the United Kingdom. Relations with England form a large part, and the heroic part, of Scottish history, relations with Scotland a very much smaller part of English history. The result has... more...

INTRODUCTORY "A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also,That unto logik hadde longe y-goAs lene was his hors as is a rake,And he was not right fat, I undertake;But loked holwe, and therto soberly,Ful thredbar was his overest courtepy,For he had geten him yet no benefyce,Ne was so worldly for to have offyce.For him was lever have at his beddes heedTwenty bokes, clad in blak or reed,Of Aristotle and his... more...