Talk:Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles

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[edit] What are comital lands?

"wealthy comital and episcopal lands" ? --AW 16:25, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Lands pertaining to the earldom or bishopric of Moray. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 17:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
OK, i'm going to clarify that --AW 19:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Actually, can you? You know it better than me --AW 19:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
I wikilinked them to Earl of Moray and Diocese of Moray. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 14:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birth

Do we know around when and where he was born? --AW 21:03, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

No. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 14:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tressure?

What's a royal tressure? As you can tell I have a lot of questions about this article. It's a little technical and has a lot of terms that aren't very familiar. --AW 21:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid that's always going to be the case. The more in depth you wanna go in history, the more you have to increase your knowledge of the English language and the terms used for the period. Wikilinks are there for that ... but articles can't go on tangents explaining every term that not everyone might know. I'm afraid there is no alternative name for tressure. It's a heraldic thing ... see the Lion Rampant flag (the edges) for an example. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 14:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How does this paragraph fit in?

It doesn't mention Domhnall.

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The Guardian soon turned his hostility against the MacDonalds. Alexander of Lochaber had been using his role as "protector" to further his own lordship, including granting episcopal lands to his military followers. In 1398, Robert Stewart (now Duke of Albany) was called upon to take action, but the well-prepared expedition in the end came to nothing. Lochaber continued his activities, and in a raid of 1402 burned the burgh of Elgin along with the manses of the canons belonging to Elgin Cathedral. For this he was excommunicated by William Spynie, bishop of Moray. Later in the year Alexander visited Spynie to seek forgiveness.

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--AW 21:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Erm .... MacDonalds are Domhnall's family and political followers. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 14:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Alternative brand of lordship"?

"and as representatives of an alternative brand of lordship," is that alternative to the King? --AW 21:14, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

To the rest of Scotland, yes, and to the Stewarts. It's a reference to the depiction of the Lords of the Isles as nationalistically and aggressively more Gaelic than the rest of the Highlands, a picture which ignores the fact that they were very much like the rest of the Scottish nobility of the time. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 14:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

It's much clearer now, thank you --AW 18:05, 31 July 2007 (UTC)