School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History, Crombie Annexe, Meston Walk, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3FX. Room: 103
One of
Dr Macdonald's key research interests is Anglo-Scottish relations
in the later middle ages. His doctoral thesis on Anglo-Scottish conflict
between 1369 and 1403 has now been published as a monograph. This
research feeds into other areas of interest, such as Scotland's place
in the wider world of European diplomacy and the development and nature
of European frontier societies. His main research project at present
is to examine the nature and impact of war on state and society in
later medieval Scotland.Â
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in History.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Two Kinds of War? Brutality and Atrocity in Later Medieval Scotland
Macdonald, A. J.
Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle: Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages. Rogge, J. (ed.). transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, pp. 199-230, 33 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
The Aberdeen Burgh Records Database
Armstrong, J., Convery, S., Frankot, E. B. I., Macdonald, A. J., MacKillop, A., Simpson, A. R. C., Wilson, A. L. M.
A Military History of Scotland. Spiers, E., Crang, J., Strickland, M. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press, pp. 158-181, 24 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Did Intelligence Matter? Espionage in Later Medieval Anglo-Scottish Relations
MacDonald, A. J.
Historical Studies, vol. 25, pp. 3-16
Contributions to Journals: Editorials
John Hardyng, Northumbrian Identity and the Scots
MacDonald, A. J.
North-East England in the Later Middle Ages. Liddy, C. D., Britnell, R. H. (eds.). Boydell Press, pp. 29-42, 14 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Kings of the Wild Frontier? : The Earls of Dunbar or March, c. 1070-1435
MacDonald, A. J.
The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland c.1200-1500. Boardman, S., Ross, A. (eds.). Four Courts Press, pp. 139-158, 20 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Medieval Scotland, 1100-1560
Ditchburn, D. M., MacDonald, A. J.
The New Penguin History of Scotland: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Houston, R. A., Knox, W. W. J. (eds.). Allen Lane, pp. 96-181, 86 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Border Bloodshed: Scotland and England at War 1369-1403
MacDonald, A. J.
Tuckwell Press, East Linton, United Kingdom. 277 pages
Books and Reports: Books
Approaches to Conflict in the Late Fourteenth-Century Anglo-Scottish Borders
MacDonald, A. J.
Ships, Guns and Bibles in the North Sea and Baltic States, c.1350-c.1700: The Mackie Symposia, No. 1. Macinnes, A. I., Riis, T., Pedersen, F. (eds.). Tuckwell Press, pp. 47-64, 18 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Profit, Politics and Personality: War and the Later Medieval Scottish Nobility
MacDonald, A. J.
Freedom and Authority, Scotland c.1050-c.1650: Historical and Historiographical Essays in Honour of Grant G. Simpson. Brotherstone, T., Ditchburn, D. (eds.). Tuckwell Press, pp. 118-130, 13 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
The Apogee of the 'Auld Alliance' and the Limits of Policy