Dr Alexander Grant
Reader
Bowland College
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
United Kingdom
LA1 4YT
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Tel: +44 1524 592502
PhD Supervision Interests
Dr Grant is particularly interested in hearing from students interested in writing long essays and theses on topics that would fall under the following headings:The British Isles, especially England and Scotland, from the early 14th to the early 16th century.
Lordship, landholding and aristocratic power in the later Middle Ages.
Late medieval and Scottish Feudalism.
Research Interests
- Politics and Political Society in Late Medieval Britain.
- Medieval Scotland between the ninth and the fifteenth centuries.
- Aristocratic land ownership in late medieval Scotland with particular reference to Strathclyde.
- Richard III and Henry VII.
- 'British' History.
Additional Information
In Press
Royal and Magnate Bastards in the Later Middle Ages: The View from Scotland
Grant, A. 2013 La Bâtardise et l'exercice du pouvoir (XIIIe–début XVIe siècles). Bousmar, E., Marchandisse, A. & Schnerb, B. (eds.). Bruxelles: Facultes Universitaires Saint-Louis
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2008
Franchises north of the Border: Baronies and regalities in medieval Scotland.
Grant, A. 1/09/2008 Liberties and Identities in Medieval Britain and Ireland. Prestwich, M. (ed.). 10 ed. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 225 p. (Regions and regionalism in history).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2007
The Death of John Comyn: What was Going On.
Grant, A. 1/10/2007 In: Scottish Historical Review. 86, 2, p. 176-224, 49 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Lordship and society in twelfth-century Clydesdale.
Grant, A. 2007 Power and Indentity in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Rees Davies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 98 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Bravehearts and coronets: Images of William Wallace and the Scottish nobility.
Grant, A. 2007 The Wallace Book. East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 86 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2002
Scotland before the Union in annual bibliography of British and Irish history: publications of 2001.
Kirk, J. & Grant, A. 2002 Royal historical annual bibliography.. Gee, A. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 378-384 7 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
A list of essays on Scottish history in books published during the years 1999-2000.
Grant, A. 04/2002 In: Scottish Historical Review. 81, 1, p. 106-119, 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2001
A list of essays on Scottish history in books published during the years 1998-1999.
Grant, A. 04/2001 In: Scottish Historical Review. 80, 1, p. 102-112, 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2000
Service and tenure in late medieval Scotland, 1314-1475.
Grant, A. 2000 Concepts of service in the fifteenth century. Curry, A. & Matthew, E. (eds.). Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, p. 145-178 34 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The province of Ross and the Kingdom of Alba.
Grant, A. 2000 Alba: Celtic Scotland in the medieval era. Cowan, E. J. & McDonald, R. A. (eds.). East Linton: Tuckwell Press, p. 88-126 39 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
A list of essays on Scottish history in books published during the years 1997-1998.
Grant, A. 04/2000 In: Scottish Historical Review. 79, 1, p. 97-104, 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Fourteenth-century Scotland.
Grant, A. 2000 The new Cambridge medieval history. Jones, M. C. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Vol. VI: c, p. 345-374 30 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The construction of the early Scottish state.
Grant, A. 2000 The medieval state: essays presented to James Campbell. Maddicot, J. R. & Palliser, D. M. (eds.). London: Hambledon Press, p. 47-72 26 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Acts of Lordship: the records of Archibald, fourth Earl of Douglas.
Grant, A. 2000 Freedom and authority: historical and historiographical essays presented to Grant G. Simpson. Brotherstone, T. & Ditchburn, D. (eds.). East Linton: Tuckwell Press, p. 235-274 40 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
1998
Disaster at Neville's Cross: the Scottish point of view
Grant, A. 1998 The battle of Neville's Cross, 1346. Prestwich, M. & Rollason, D. W. (eds.). Stamford: Shaun Tyas, p. 15-35 21 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
1996
Baronies, lordships and earldoms in the early 15th century
Grant, A. 1996 Atlas of Scottish history to 1707. McNeill, P. G. B. & MacQueen, H. L. (eds.). Edinburgh: The Scottish Medievalists, p. 201-207 7 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Richard III and Scotland
Grant, A. 1996 The north of England in the age of Richard III. Pollard, A. J. (ed.). Stroud: Sutton, p. 115-148 34 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
1995
Scottish foundations: late medieval contributions
Grant, A. 1995 Uniting the kingdom?: the making of British history. Grant, A. & Stringer, K. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 97-108 12 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Uniting the Kingdom?: the making of British history
Grant, A. (ed.) & Stringer, K. (ed.) 1995 London: Routledge. 310 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
1994
To the medieval foundations
Grant, A. 04/1994 In: Scottish Historical Review. 73, 1, p. 4-24, 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Aspects of Scottish national consciousness in the later middle ages
Grant, A. 1994 Nations, nationalism and patriotism in the European past. Bjorn, C., Grant, A. & Stringer, K. (eds.). Copenhagen: Academic Press, p. 68-95 27 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Social and political identities in Western history
Bjorn, C. (ed.), Grant, A. (ed.) & Stringer, K. (ed.) 1994 Copenhagen: Academic Press. 266 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Nations, nationalism and patriotism in the European past
Bjorn, C. (ed.), Grant, A. (ed.) & Stringer, K. (ed.) 1994 Copenhagen: Academic Press. 229 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
1993
Foreign affairs [under Richard III of England]: France and Scotland
Grant, A. 1993 Richard III: a medieval kingship. Gillingham, J. (ed.). London: Collins & Brown, p. 137-152 16 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Thanes and Thanages [in Scotland], from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries
Grant, A. 1993 Medieval Scotland: crown, lordship and community: Essays presented to G.W.S. Barrow. Grant, A. & Stringer, K. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 39-81 43 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Medieval Scotland: crown, lordship and community: essays presented to G.W.S. Barrow
Grant, A. (ed.) & Stringer, K. (ed.) 1993 Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 319 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
1991
Independence and nationhood: Scotland, 1306-1469
Grant, A. 1991 2nd ed. ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
1990
Henry VII: the importance of his reign in English history
Grant, A. 1990 2nd ed. London: Routledge. 64 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
1985
Henry VII: the importance of his reign in English history
Grant, A. 1985 London: Methuen. 64 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
1984
Independence and nationhood: Scotland, 1306-1469
Grant, A. 1984 London: Edward Arnold. 248 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
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