In 11 forty, so about 15 years into his reign, we have references to these justices. We're not quite sure what they are, but again, they seem to be on the model of reforms that had previously happened in england. The ability to uphold justice is meant to be one of the justifications of like divinely ordained, kingly power. Ak, richard riteam, how did er david interfere in england's affairs? It was someit quite complicated for him. I mean, his money came from a great english estate. He'd been brought up in the english, en norman, english court and so on. But howd he did intervene? How did
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of David I of Scotland (c1084-1153) on his kingdom and on neighbouring lands. The youngest son of Malcolm III, he was raised in exile in the Anglo-Norman court and became Earl of Huntingdon and Prince of Cumbria before claiming the throne in 1124. He introduced elements of what he had learned in England and, in the next decades, his kingdom saw new burghs, new monasteries, new ways of governing and the arrival of some very influential families, earning him the reputation of The Perfect King.
With
Richard Oram
Professor of Medieval and Environmental History at the University of Stirling
Alice Taylor
Professor of Medieval History at King’s College London
And
Alex Woolf
Senior Lecturer in History at the University of St Andrews
Producer: Simon Tillotson