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Dr Alastair MacDonald

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Dr Alastair MacDonald
Dr Alastair MacDonald
Dr Alastair MacDonald

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
a.j.macdonald@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273927
Office Address

School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History,
Crombie Annexe,
Meston Walk,
King's College,
University of Aberdeen,
Old Aberdeen,
AB24 3FX.
Room: 103

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School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
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Research

Research Overview

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. 

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in History.

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History

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Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

  • HI 1508 Europe and the Outside World: Crusades to Indian Mutiny
  • HI 2005 Scotland and Europe: Themes and Variations, c.1200-1500
  • HI 3051/3551 War and Peace: England and Scotland, c.1072-1560
  • HI 3063/3563 Comparative Studies in Medieval Monarchy
  • HI 3074/3574 War and Society in the Later Middle Ages
  • HI 4015 Special Subject I: The British Isles in the Ages of Richard II
Publications

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  • Good King Robert's Testament?: Guerrilla Warfare in Later Medieval Scotland

    MacDonald, A. J.
    Unconventional Warfare from Antiquity to the Present Day. Hughes, B., Robson, F. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 197-217, 21 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • 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.
    Non-textual Forms: Data Sets and Databases

  • Trickery, Mockery and the Scottish Way of War

    MacDonald, A. J.
    Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 143, pp. 319-338
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Courage, fear and the experience of the later medieval Scottish soldier

    Macdonald, A. J.
    Scottish Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 179-206
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Trickery, Mockery and the Scottish Way of War

    MacDonald, A. J.
    Working Papers: Working Papers

  • Triumph and disaster: Scottish military leadership in the Later Middle Ages

    MacDonald, A. J.
    England and Scotland at War, c.1296-c.1513. King, A., Simpkin, D. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, pp. 255-282, 28 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Kingdom of Scotland at War, 1332-1488

    MacDonald, A. J.
    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

    MacDonald, A. J.
    Northern Scotland, vol. 20, pp. 31-46
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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