Alexander II conducted a major military campaign into Argyll in 1221 to assert Scottish royal authority over the semi-independent lords of the western highlands. The region was culturally distinct, with deep Norse-Gaelic traditions and historical ties to the Lordship of the Isles. The campaign was part of Alexander's systematic effort to integrate the peripheral regions of Scotland into the unified feudal monarchy he was building.
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