James IV personally oversaw the abolition of the Lordship of the Isles at its island seat of Finlaggan on Islay. John II was compelled to surrender his title. The destruction of the Lordship was a civilizational event for Gaelic Scotland — the political and cultural institutions built over 150 years were obliterated, leaving a power vacuum that triggered two centuries of clan warfare.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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