Prof Michael Brown

Professor of Scottish History

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2899

Email

mhb@st-andrews.ac.uk

Location

St Katharine's Lodge

Office hours

ME1006 Tuesday 10am to 11am, ME3304 Thursday 10 am to 11am, ME4752 Friday 11am to 12pm

 

Research areas

Political society of Scotland c.1250-c.1500 and on the relationships between the various communities of the British Isles during the same period. Published studies of the practice and ideology of royal and aristocratic lordship in Scotland.

PhD supervision

• Frances Bickerstaff
• William Mulloy
• Kate McGregor
• Hanna Gruenzel

Selected publications

• Open access

  War, marriage, tournament: Scottish politics and the Anglo-French war, 1448-1450

  Brown, M. H., 1 Apr 2019, In: Scottish Historical Review. 98, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 'Ancient Magnificence': St Andrews in the Middle Ages: An Introduction

  Stevenson, K. & Brown, M. H., 8 Feb 2017, Medieval St Andrews: Church, Cult, City. The Boydell Press, (St Andrews Studies in Scottish History).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Medieval St Andrews: church, cult, city

  Brown, M. (ed.) & Stevenson, K. (ed.), 8 Feb 2017, Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 399 p. (St Andrews studies in Scottish history)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Prelates, citizens and landed folk: St Andrews as a centre of lordship in the late middle ages

  Brown, M. H., 2017, Medieval St Andrews: Church, Cult, City. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, p. 205-222 18 p. (St Andrews Studies in Scottish History).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  'Lele counsale for the comoun profite': Kings, Guardians and Councils in the Scottish Kingdom c. 1250-c. 1450

  Brown, M. H., 1 Dec 2016, The Politics of Counsel in England and Scotland, 1286-1707. Rose, J. (ed.). Oxford: Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. 204. p. 45-61 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Plantagenet empire and the insular world: retrospect and prospect

  Brown, M., 2016, The Plantagenet Empire 1259-1453: Proceedings of the 2014 Harlaxton Symposium. P. C., D. G. & Ormrod, W. M. (eds.). Donington: Shaun Tyas, p. 384-402 19 p. (Harlaxton medieval studies; vol. 26).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• “Men, Brave and Strong”: Bannockburn, the Auld Alliance and Scottish Martial Identity in the Late Middle Ages.

  Brown, M. H., 2016, Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn. Plain, G. (ed.). Maryland: Bucknell University Press, p. 49-64 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Barbour's Bruce in the 1480s: literature and locality

  Brown, M. H., Sept 2015, Barbour's Bruce and its cultural contexts: politics, chivalry and literature in late medieval Scotland. Boardman, S. & Foran, S. (eds.). Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, p. 213-232 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Realms, regions and lords: Ireland and Scotland in the later middle ages

  Brown, M. H., 2015, In: Anales de la Universidad de Alicante. Historia Medieval. 19, p. 153-174 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Lanark Bond

  Brown, M. H., 2015, King, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain 1300-1625: Essays in honour of Jenny Wormald. Boardman, S. (ed.). Edinburgh University Press, p. 227-245

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

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