Stephen I. Boardman,

FRHistS The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

, is a Scottish medieval historian. A graduate of the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

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

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at St Andrews before being appointed Mackie Lecturer in History at the

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in 1995. He subsequently moved to the

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, where he is now Professor of Medieval Scottish History. Boardman's work focuses on kingship and the nobility in the later Middle Ages, and he has completed work on Kings Robert II and

Robert III of Scotland Robert III (c. 13374 April 1406), born John Stewart, was King of Scots from 1390 to his death in 1406. He was also High Steward of Scotland from 1371 to 1390 and held the titles of Earl of Atholl (1367–1390) and Earl of Carrick (1368&ndas ...

, as well as

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. 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

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External links

University of Edinburgh staff page
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