Stephen I. Boardman, MA, PhD, FRHistS, is a leading Scottish medieval historian. A graduate of the University of St Andrews

University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...

, he held the Glenfiddich Research Fellowship and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the British Academy

British Academy

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 at St Andrews before, in 1995, he being appointed Lecturer of Scottish History at the University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...

. He subsequently moved to the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...

, where he is now a Senior Lecturer. Boardman's work focuses on kingship and the nobility in the later Middle Ages, and he has completed work on Kings Robert II

Robert II of Scotland

Robert II became King of Scots in 1371 as the first monarch of the House of Stewart. He was the son of Walter Stewart, hereditary High Steward of Scotland and of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I and of his first wife Isabella of Mar...

 and Robert III of Scotland

Robert III of Scotland

Robert III was King of Scots from 1390 to his death. His given name was John Stewart, and he was known primarily as the Earl of Carrick before ascending the throne at age 53...

, as well as Clan Campbell

Clan Campbell

Clan Campbell is a Highland Scottish clan. Historically one of the largest, most powerful and most successful of the Highland clans, their lands were in Argyll and the chief of the clan became the Earl and later Duke of Argyll.-Origins:...

. The former is the only work to deal specifically with those monarchs.

Select bibliography

• The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371-1406. Tuckwell Press. 1996
• Editor. The Exercise of Power in Scotland, 1250-1500. Four Courts Press. 2003
• ‘Survival and revival: late medieval Scotland’ - J. Wormald (editor), The Oxford Illustrated History of Scotland. Oxford University Press. 2005
• The Campbells, 1250-1500. Birlinn Press. 2005
• ‘The Gaelic world and the early Stewart court’ - D. Broun and M. MacGregor (editors), Miorun Mor nan Gall, The Great Ill-Will of the Lowlander: Lowland Perceptions of the Scottish Highlands. Stornoway. 2006

Website

• University of Edinburgh staff page