Observations Concerning the Public Law And the Constitutional History of Scotla
Observations Concerning the Public Law And the Constitutional History of Scotla
Gilbert Stuart
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He had courage and prowefs ; and his difputes with William the Norman, and with William Rufus, encouraged his high and indepen- dent fpirit. But hiftory does not preferve any traces of his legiflative wifdom. He was a foldier, and his reign is full of mi- litary bufincfs ; but of all civil knowledge he was moil profoundly ignorant. It is urged, indeed, by his Lordfhip, as illuftrative of this pofition, that Malcolm III. When he eftablifhed the feudal law in Scot- land, was influenced by the con...duct of William the Norman, who, it is faid, had introduced it into England. But, while it is highly improbable, that Malcolm III. E- ver paid any attention to this project, it is utterly incredible, even on the fuppofition of * EfTays on Britifh antiquities, Effay i. P0t Of the Public Laiv, i of his having done fo, and of his having poffefFed the greateft talents, that he mould have been able to atchieve the'talk of the introdudion of fiefs into Scotland. On the hypothecs, that feudality was altogether unknown till the reign of Malcolm III.
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