Angus Mackay (born 1939 in

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, most of his career has been at

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in 1970 for his thesis, Economy and society in Castile in the Fifteenth Century. He became Professor of Medieval History there in 1986, taking over the Chair from his mentor,

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and John Elliott, a major figure in developing Spanish historiography.

Publications

*''Love, religion, and politics in fifteenth century Spain'' by Ian Macpherson and Angus MacKay. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 1998. *''Atlas of medieval Europe'' edited by Angus Mackay with David Ditchburn. London; New York: Routledge, 1997. *''The Spanish world: civilization and empire, Europe and the Americas, past and present'' edited by J.H. Elliott; texts by Angus MacKay… T to. New York: H.N.Abrams, 1991. *''The Hispanic world; civilization and empire: Europe and the Americas: past and present'' edited by J.H. Elliott; texts by Angus Mackay… T to. London: Thames and the Hudson, c1991. *''The Hispanic world: civilization and empire: Europe and America: past and present'' J.H. Elliott, ed. ; Angus Mackay… T to. Barcelona: Critic, c1991. *''The impact of humanism on Western Europe'' edited by Anthony Goodman and Angus MacKay. London; New York: Longman, 1990 (1993 printing) *''Medieval one frontier societies'' edited by Robert Bartlett and Angus MacKay. Oxford ngland Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989 *''Society, economy, and religion in annoys medieval Castile'' Angus MacKay. London: Variorum Reprints, 1987. *''Things removed from the History of king Don Juan the Second (BL MS Egerton 1875)'' edited by Angus MacKay and Dorothy Sherman Severin. xeter University of Exeter, 1981. *''Money, prices, and politics in fifteenth-century Castile'' Angus MacKay.London: Royal Historical Society, 1981. *''Spain in the Middle Ages: from to frontier to empire, 1000–1500'' Angus MacKay. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977.

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