Dr Alastair Macdonald
Mackie Lecturer in History
Personal Details
| Telephone: | +44 (0)1224 273927 |
| E-mail: | a.j.macdonald@abdn.ac.uk |
| Address: | School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, Crombie Annexe, Meston Walk, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3FX. Room: 103 |
Research Interests
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.
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
- MacDonald, AJ. The Kingdom of Scotland at War, 1332-1488, Chapter, 2012, A Military History of Scotland, pp158 - 181
- MacDonald, AJ. Triumph and Disaster: Scottish Military Leadership in the Later Middle Ages, Chapter, 2012, England and Scotland at War, c.1296-c.1513, pp255 - 282
- MacDonald, AJ. Did Intelligence Matter? Espionage in Later Medieval Anglo-Scottish Relations, Editorial, 2006, Historical Studies, 25, pp3 - 16, ISSN/ISBN: 0827-1704
- MacDonald, AJ. John Hardyng, Northumbrian Identity and the Scots, Chapter, 2005, North-East England in the Later Middle Ages, pp29 - 42
- MacDonald, AJ. Kings of the Wild Frontier? , Chapter, 2003, The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland c.1200-1500, pp139 - 158
- Ditchburn, DM. & MacDonald, AJ. Medieval Scotland, 1100-1560, Chapter, 2001, The New Penguin History of Scotland, pp96 - 181
- MacDonald, AJ. Approaches to Conflict in the Late Fourteenth-Century Anglo-Scottish Borders, Chapter, 2000, Ships, Guns and Bibles in the North Sea and Baltic States, c.1350-c.1700, pp47 - 64
- MacDonald, AJ. Border Bloodshed, Book, 2000
- MacDonald, AJ. Profit, Politics and Personality, Chapter, 2000, Freedom and Authority, Scotland c.1050-c.1650, pp118 - 130
- MacDonald, AJ. The Apogee of the 'Auld Alliance' and the Limits of Policy, Article, 2000, Northern Scotland, 20, pp31 - 46, ISSN/ISBN: 0306-5278