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** To what degree was Alexander III master of his own kingdom? ** **__ Recommended reading: __** G.W.S. Barrow, //Kingship and Unity, Scotland 1000 – 1306,// Chapters 2 + 3 A. Beam, //The Balliol Dynasty 1210 – 1364,// Chapter 2 M. Brown, //The Wars of Scotland 1214 – 1371,// Chapter 3 A. A. M. Duncan, //Scotland The Making of a Kingdom,// Chapters 21 + 22 M. Powicke, //The Thirteenth Century 1216-1307, Oxford History of Englnd,// pp589-598 A. Young, //Robert the Bruce’s Rivals, The Comyns, 1212-1314,// Chapters 3 + 4 A. Young, ‘Noble Families and Political Factions in the Reign of Alexander III’, in //Scotland// //in the Reign of Alexander III 1249-1286,// N. Reid (ed) All of the above books can be borrowed from the library **__ For Primary source material use chapter 1 of the primary source handout booklet __** You can reference this in your bibliography as; E. Charmichael, // Sources for the Study of the Scottish Wars of Independence 1249-1329, //Learning & Teaching Scotland, Dundee, (1998)   ** The essay should be around 1800 words long and be fully referenced and include a bibliography. **
 * __ Essay 1 Due date 01/09/2010 __**