Scotland before the Scots/The coming of the Scots/The Viking age/Building a kingdom/Norman Scotland/The golden age/A nation compromised/The Wars of Independence/The late medieval kingdom/The end of the middle ages/Reformation and rebellion/Two kingdoms united/The conflict of the Covenant/A Restoration and another revolution/Union and Jacobitism/Enlightenment and industry/The long Victorian age/Britain triumphant/Retreat and resurgence/A motorway to independence?