Professor Michael Penman

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History University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Michael Penman

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About me

I have a wide range of Scottish historical interests having taken my MA in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews (1995) followed by a PhD (1999) there on one of the major historiographical gaps in medieval Scottish history, the reign of David II (1329-71), son of Robert the Bruce. This work was heavily influenced by the detailed political studies-in-the round of Dr Norman Macdougall and other St Andrews historians.

However, in the course of this research my interests have branched out and I have become particularly fascinated by the topic of medieval lay piety in Scotland, especially the patterns of worship of late medieval Scottish kings and their subjects. This has drawn me in turn to themes such as saints' cults and images, liturgy, pilgrimage, monastic identity, burial and monumental tombs, cartulary records, and subsequent heritage and commemoration. I have tried to explore many of these topics for Scottish history by making direct comparisons with contemporary England, Ireland and continental Europe (helping me ‘fill-in-the-gaps' by analogy in the often patchy Scottish evidence): this is an approach I hope to encourage in my postgraduate students.

But I have also returned to a number of my earlier historical loves: national identity and the (de-)construction of iconic reputations, late 18th/early 19th century civic society, and above all the Great War, the latter first inspired by a visit to the battlefields while in High School and a 14th birthday gift of the Illustrated Press History of the Great War (13 volumes, £20 from Oxfam, with school certificates from someone named Haig from the 1920s left inside!). Finally, I am also a member of a number of academy bodies, including the Scottish Medievalists and the Scottish History Society, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

To date, my main research p8blications are monographs about the reigns of David II, 1329-71 (2004), Robert the Bruce (20-14), and Dunfermline Abbey's Lost Choir and Royal Mausoleum (2020/24); several (co-)edited volumes on themes such as Anglo-Scottish relations in the 14th century (2007), Medieval Succession (2011), Medieval Monuments (2013), the Battle of Bannockburn (2016) and Medieval Absentee Authority (2017).

Award

Saltire Society Prize, History Book of the Year, 2005 for 'David II. 1329-71' (Tuckwell Press, 2004).

Community Contribution

National Trust for Scotland Bannockburn Academic Advisory Board
Advisory Panel of academics/professionals re representation of Bannockburn Battlefield Heritage Site 2011-.

Teachers' Lectures Series
Semester course of lectures re elements of new curriculum for excellence, e.g. Scottish Wars of Independence 1286-1329, taught 2011 to 15 teachers/heritage practitioners.

Consultancy

Peer Review - article for Oxford Bibliographies in Military History

Peer Review of article on the Battle of Bannockburn, completed 15.3.23

Dunfermline Heritage Partnership
Visit Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, Fife Council and Church of Scotland
https://dunfermline.com/…its%20ambitions.
I sit as an invited non-resident/academic member of the Dunfemrline Heritage Partnership, a panel of agencies collaborating around Dunfermline's HLF Making Places and Scottish Executive Great Place project awards - see my REF2021 ICS at https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/8549be06-55fa-410b-9658-fc67e4229b4c?page=1 .

Divisional / Faculty Contribution

Deputy Head (History/History & Politics)
I acted as Deputy Head for History in 2088, 2009, 2010; then Deputy for History & Politics 2011-14.

Director/Mentor of Research (History, Heritage and Politics)
Since 2003 I have served across eight academic sessions (excluding research leave), for History (to 2010) and then History and Politics to 2013, 2017-18, 2020-), now + Heritage, co-ordintaing and authoring RAE/REF statements, compiling research activity data, benchmarking, mentoring colleagues and RPGs' grant applications and project development, representing my division at Scholl and occasionally University Research Committee level.

Education

1995 First Class MA Honours (Distinction) in Scottish History - Miller Prize for the Best Honours Graduate in the Faculty of Arts, University of St Andrews.

1995-1999 Ph.D., University of St Andrews, funded by a Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Scholarship: 'The Kingship of David II of Scotland, 1329-71' [Approx. 160,000 words].

Event / Presentation

Fife's Forgotten Chronicle: Andrew Wyntoun and his Original Chronicle

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…ff=oddtdtcreator
17 May 2024 at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Gallery, organised by Prof Stephen Boardman, Uni of Edinburgh, as part of his RSE network grant on Wyntoun's Original Chronicle of c.1390-c.1422 - my paper on 'Wyntoun as evidence for Fife cults: Dunfermline and St Margaret'

In search of the lost medieval choir and royal tombs of Dunfermline Abbey

https://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/
This 1-hour illustrated public talk (or variants) presenting the findings of my ongoing ground-penetrating radar and historical research project at Dunfermline Abbey has been invited for delivery at various academic and public events: 3.3.19 - Sorbonne IV Franco-British History Seminar, Paris 26.11.19 - Bruce Lectures, Abbey Church, Dunfermline 11.3.20 - Historic Environment Scotland staff workshop, Edinburgh 29.3.21 - Institute of Historical Research, London, History of Liturgy seminar 10.1.23 - Stirling Archaeological Society 30.3.23 - History Scotland online seminars 27.6.23 - Dunfermline City Conference [poster] 4-6.9.23 - Problematic bodies conference, Liverpool 13.9.23 - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, fieldtrip to Dunfermline 13.9.23 - Fife Gravestones Conference, Kirkcaldy 18.10.23 - Saline & District Heritage Society

The Local Influences Upon Patrick Geddes’ Global Vision for Cities, Parks and Culture Institutes at Dunfermline, 1904

This 1-hour illustrated research presentation (or variants) has been invited for delivery at a number of public societies: - 4.5.21 Centre for Environment, Heritage & Policy, Stirling - 4.6.21 Geddes 2021: A New Green Space Plan for Dunfermline (Carnegie Trust) - 14.11.23 - Mid-Lothian World History Society, Dalkeith - 14.12.23 - Gellet Society, Charlestown - 15.1.24 - Scone Historical Society

Wyntoun Workshop: 9-10 April 2024, University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh and The Royal Society of Edinburgh

https://rse.org.uk/…ocial-wellbeing/
As part of Prof. Stephen Boardman's University of Edinburgh RSE network project to investigate the early 15th century Scottish vernacular 'Original Chronicle' of Prior Andrew Wyntoun of LochLeven in Fife, I was invited to give a paper on 'Wyntoun as a source for saints' cults: St Margaret/Dunfermline' alongside my colleague Tom Turpie. This will also be adapted for delivery at a public conference to be held at the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Gallery on 17 May 2024 and should lead to an edited volume contribution. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fifes-forgotten-chronicler-andrew-of-wyntoun-and-his-original-chronicle-tickets-884020949457?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Declaration of Arbroath: Georgian editions, libraries and readers, and Scotland’s ‘Radical War’ of 1820

https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/…2022-revised.pdf
Invited a speak at a two-day conference 20-21.5.21 (online due to COVID) commemorating the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath organised by Newbattle Abbey Trust: published in special issue of Scottish Historical Review in Nov. 2022.

Co-author with James Smyth, Sarah Bromage, Kirsty McAlister, Jane Cameron, part of Lest Scotland Forgets project.. A Stirling 100. Exhibition of the fallen of the Great War, University of Stirling Nov. 2012-Feb 2013.

Conference Organiser/Host at Stirling, 23 March 2002. CONFERENCE - The Thistle and the Rose, 1502-13

Co-organiser/author of exhibition with Dr James Smyth, SNPG and IPSOS MORE poll data commissioned by Reputations in Scottish History project.. Great Scot! En Exhibition of Scottish Reputations, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Spring 2006.

Co-organisor/host with Dr Andy King, University of Durham, 1-2 September 2004. CONFERENCE - New Perspectives on Anglo-Scottish Relations in the Long Fourteenth Century

Co-organisor/host with Dr Frederique Lachaud (Sorbonne) at Institute of Historical Research, London, 6-8 April 2006.. CONFERENCE - Making and Breaking the Rules: Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, c.1000-c.1650

Co-organisor/host with Dr James Smyth, University of Stirling, 28 June 2003.. CONFERENCE - Reputations in Scottish History

Organisor/host at University of Stirling, 13-14 August 2011.. CONFERENCE - Monuments and Monumentality in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Other Academic Activities

Secretary, Scottish History Society

Board Member, Centre for Scottish Studies (Director 2010-12)

Professional Career

Promotion!
Very pleased and grateful to say I have been promoted to 'Professor', Many thanks to colleagues and referees for their support.

Professional membership

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society 2011-

Supervision of Research Assistants

SangDong Lee, PhD, The Development of Dunfermline as a Cult Centre, c.1070-c.1406

Lucinda Dean, PhD, Representations of Authority in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland (AHRC)

Amy Hayes, M. Res, Margaret of Denmark, queen of Scotland (d.1486)

Nicola Scott, M. Phil & PhD, The Court and Household of James I of Scotland, 1424-37 (AHRB/C)

Samuel Muir Shaw, M.Res, The Earls of Dunbar c.1283-c.1368

Amanda Beam, M. Phil & PhD, The Balliol Dynasty, c.1210-c.1364

Lisa Shaw, M.Res, The Cult of Chivalry in Fourteenth century Scotland

University Contribution

Research Culture Awards 2024

Very nice to be awarded a 'Highly Commended' [1 of 3] in the RCA category of Outstanding Activity dedicated to enhancing Research Culture'.

Research (4)

My main projects at the moment are: i. Investigating the Royal Tombs of Dunfermline's Benedictine Abbey - this has seen me combine archival research with ground-probing-radar fieldwork in search of the physical remains and liturgical logic of the numerous royal monuments and burials at this royal mausoleum site in Fife, lost through the Reformation and subsequent centuries of neglect, reuse and overbuilding. This work has seem me invited to participate on the Dunfermline Heritage Partnership alongside representatives of Fife Council, the Kirk Session, Visit Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, Fife Cultural Trust, Fife Pilgrim Way and other bodies, advising on current HLF and Scottish-Executive funded projects - see https://dunfermline.com/index.php/about-dunfermline-heritage-partnership/ . For the open-access project report (2nd ed., 200pp.) see https://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/ or https://canmore.org.uk/collection/2103329/details/

ii. Patrick Geddes, Civics and the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust - this has seen me investigating botanist, sociology-pioneer and town-planner Patrick Geddes' involvement with the CDT and its inaugural plans to develop Pittencreiff Park in Dunfermline in 1904 as a means of bringing unique 'sweetness and light' to the lives of the town's working inhabitants and children. This saw Geddes draw on US city development in particular, anticipating the 'American intensity' which the new Rosyth Naval Yard (1903-) would bring.

Projects

The Scottish Privy Council, 1692-1708: government from Revolution to Union
PI:
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust
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Dunfermline Abbey Choir Radar Surveying, stage IV
PI: Professor Michael Penman
Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Robert the Bruce: Kingship, Identity and War in Scotland and the British Isles
PI: Professor Michael Penman
Funded by: Strathmartine Trust
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Monuments and Monumentality in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
PI: Professor Michael Penman
Funded by: The Henry Moore Foundation
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Outputs (81)

Outputs

Article

Robert the Bruce: Born to be King?

Penman M (2024) Robert the Bruce: Born to be King?. History Today, 74 (7), pp. 44-55. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/robert-bruce-born-be-king

Article

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Penman M, Kennedy C, Watkinson D, Emmerson N, Thickett D, Bosché F, Forster AM, Grau-Bové 6 J & Cassar M (2024) Beyond Heritage Science: A Review [Beyond Heritage Science: A Review]. Heritage, 7 (3), pp. 1510-1538. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7030073

Project Report

Ecclesiastical Heritage - In Search of Scotland's Lost Medieval Royal Mausoleum at Dunfermline Abbey, c.1250-c.1560, and other projects...

Penman M & Utsi E (2024) Ecclesiastical Heritage - In Search of Scotland's Lost Medieval Royal Mausoleum at Dunfermline Abbey, c.1250-c.1560, and other projects... [Dunfermline Abbey Choir GPR project report, 2nd edition]. Dunfermline Abbey Church and Kirk Session; Historic Environment Scotland; Fife Council; Dunfermline Heritage Partnership; GWS BArrow Award; Strathmartine Trust; Royal Society of Edinburgh; Hunter Archaeological Trust; Faculty of Arts & Humanities, University of Stirling. Stirling. https://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/

Project Report

Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Four areas of Dunfermline Abbey The South Aisle, Memorial Chapel, North Transept and North East Dais For Dr Michael Penman

Carrick Utsi E, Birtwisle A & Penman M (2022) Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Four areas of Dunfermline Abbey The South Aisle, Memorial Chapel, North Transept and North East Dais For Dr Michael Penman. University of Stirling; Dunfermline Heritage Partnership; Abbey Church of Dunfermline; Historic Environment Scotland; Fife Council. Ely, Cambridgeshire. http://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/

Research Report

In Search Of The Royal Mausoleum At The Benedictine Abbey Of Dunfermline Fife: Medieval Liturgy, Antiquarianism, and a Ground-Penetrating Radar Pilot Survey, 2016-19 (2020)

Penman MA, Utsi EC & Turpie T (2020) In Search Of The Royal Mausoleum At The Benedictine Abbey Of Dunfermline Fife: Medieval Liturgy, Antiquarianism, and a Ground-Penetrating Radar Pilot Survey, 2016-19 (2020). Dunfermline Abbey Church and Kirk Session; Historic Environment Scotland; Fife Council; Dunfermline Heritage Partnership; GWS BArrow Award; Strathmartine Trust; Royal Society of Edinburgh; Hunter Archaeological Trust; Faculty of Arts & Humanities, University of Stirling. https://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/; University of Stirling Research respository; Historic Environment Scotland CANMORE database; Dunfermline Abbey Church website; dunfermline.com.

Technical Report

Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of an area to the South East of the Abbey Church of Dunfermline Abbey For Dr Michael Penman University of Stirling (19th September 2019)

Penman MA & Utsi E (2019) Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of an area to the South East of the Abbey Church of Dunfermline Abbey For Dr Michael Penman University of Stirling (19th September 2019) [Dunfermline GPR Draft R3 - 2019]. University of Stirling [Michael Penman]. Stirling. https://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/; https://canmore.org.uk/; https://dunfermlineabbey.com/wwp/

Authored Book

Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots

Penman M (2018) Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots. 2nd - revised paperback edition ed. Yale: Yale University Books. https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?k=9780300240313

Book Review

The shape of the state in medieval Scotland, 1124-1290

Penman MA (2017) The shape of the state in medieval Scotland, 1124-1290. Review of: The shape of the state in medieval Scotland, 1124–1290, by Alice Taylor, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016, 525 pp. ISBN 978-0-1987-4920-2. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 37 (3), pp. 339-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/02606755.2017.1338848

Technical Report

Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the Central Area between the Vestry and the Altar and 2 External Areas overlying the former Lady Chapel of Dunfermline Abbey For Dr Michael Penman University of Stirling

Penman MA & Utsi E (2017) Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the Central Area between the Vestry and the Altar and 2 External Areas overlying the former Lady Chapel of Dunfermline Abbey For Dr Michael Penman University of Stirling [Dunfermline Draft GPR R2 - 2017]. University of Stirling [Dr Michael Penman]. Stirling. https://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/; https://canmore.org.uk/; https://dunfermlineabbey.com/wwp/

Edited Book

Absentee Authority Across Medieval Europe

Lachaud F & Penman MA (eds.) (2017) Absentee Authority Across Medieval Europe. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell and Brewer. https://boydellandbrewer.com/absentee-authority-across-medieval-europe-hb.html

Book Chapter

Introduction: Absentee Authority across Medieval Europe

Penman MA & Lachaud F (2017) Introduction: Absentee Authority across Medieval Europe. In: Lachaud F & Penman M (eds.) Absentee Authority Across Medieval Europe. Woodbridge, England: Boydell and Brewer, pp. 1-20. https://boydellandbrewer.com/absentee-authority-across-medieval-europe-hb.html

Book Review

Barbour's Bruce and Its Cultural Context: Politics, Chivalry and Literature in Late Medieval Scotland

Penman MA (2017) Barbour's Bruce and Its Cultural Context: Politics, Chivalry and Literature in Late Medieval Scotland. Review of: Barbour’s Bruce and Its Cultural Context: Politics, Chivalry and Literature in Late Medieval Scotland, edited by S Boardman and S Foran. DS Brewer: Cambridge, 2015, Pp. xi, 244 pp. ISBN 9781843843573. American Historical Review, 122 (3), pp. 913-915. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/122.3.913

Technical Report

Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Part of the North Transept and the Vestry of Dunfermline Abbey For Dr Michael Penman University of Stirling

Penman MA & Utsi E (2016) Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Part of the North Transept and the Vestry of Dunfermline Abbey For Dr Michael Penman University of Stirling [Dunfermline Draft GPR R1 - 2016]. University of Stirling [Michael Penman]. Stirling. https://dunfgpr.stir.ac.uk/; https://canmore.org.uk/; https://dunfermlineabbey.com/wwp/

Other

The Stewart Monarchs: A Turbulent Dynasty

Penman MA (2016) The Stewart Monarchs: A Turbulent Dynasty [History Scotland special issue on The Stewart Monarchs of Scotland]. History Scotland, 16 (3), pp. 13-15.

Edited Book

Bannockburn, 1314-2014: Battle and Legacy

Penman MA (ed.) (2016) Bannockburn, 1314-2014: Battle and Legacy. Donington: Shaun Tyas. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/bannockburn-1314-2014-battle-and-legacy.html

Conference Paper (unpublished)

The resonance of Scottish History and Heritage in current Referendum discourse

Penman MA (2014) The resonance of Scottish History and Heritage in current Referendum discourse. CARMEN Annual Meeting 2014, Stirling, Scotland, 12.09.2014-13.09.2014. http://www.carmen-medieval.net/cz/carmen-annual-meeting-%E2%80%93-stirling-scotland-12-13-september-2014-a-report-1404041589.html

Authored Book

Robert the Bruce: King of the Scots

Penman MA (2014) Robert the Bruce: King of the Scots. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. http://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300148725; https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300148725.001.0001

Other

Robert the Bruce - the piety of the victor of Bannockburn

Penman MA (2014) Robert the Bruce - the piety of the victor of Bannockburn. History Scotland, Online. https://www.celebrate-scotland.co.uk/articles/expert-history-articles/robert-the-bruce-the-piety-of-the-victor-of-bannockburn

Other

After Bannockburn—After the Referendum: Robert the Bruce and the difficulties of Settlement

Penman M (2014) After Bannockburn—After the Referendum: Robert the Bruce and the difficulties of Settlement. After Bannockburn—After the Referendum: Robert the Bruce and the difficulties of Settlement [Web pages]. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2014/09/19/after-bannockburn-after-the-referendum-robert-the-bruce-and-the-difficulties-of-settlement/: Yale University Press website.

Book Review

The Firth of Forth: An Environmental History

Penman MA (2013) The Firth of Forth: An Environmental History. Review of: The Firth of Forth - An Environmental History, by T.C. Smout and M. Stewart (Glasgow: Birlinn, 2012, 240pp, ISBN 9781780270647). Reviews in History, Review number: 1425. http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1425

Conference Paper (published)

The Economics of Faith: Approaches to Monastic Saints' Cults in Medieval Scotland

Penman MA (2012) The Economics of Faith: Approaches to Monastic Saints' Cults in Medieval Scotland. In: Ammannati F (ed.) Religione e istituzioni religiose nell'economia europea. 1000-1800 - Religion and Religious Institutions in the European Economy. 1000-1800. Atti della "Quarantatreesima Settimana di Studi" 8-12 maggio 2011. Pubblicazioni., Serie II,, Atti delle "settimane di studio" e altri convegni., 42. Religione e istituzioni religiose nell'economia europea. 1000-1800 - Religion and Religious Institutions in the European Economy. 1000-1800, 08.05.2011-11.05.2011. Firenze, Italy: Firenze University Press, pp. 765-777. http://www.fupress.com/eng/scheda.asp?IDV=2216

Book Review

The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland

Penman MA (2012) The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland. Review of:
edited by Steve Boardman and Eila Williamson, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2010, pp. 226. ISBN:9781843835622. English Historical Review, CXXVII (526), pp. 685-687. http://ehr.oxfordjournals.org/content/CXXVII/526.toc; https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ces101

Book Review

Liberties and Identities in the Medieval British Isles

Penman MA (2012) Liberties and Identities in the Medieval British Isles. Review of:
edited by Michael Prestwich, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2008, pp. 236. ISBN: 9781843833741. Scottish Historical Review, 91, pp. 167-168. http://www.euppublishing.com/loi/shr; https://doi.org/10.3366/shr.2012.0081

Book Chapter

Royal Piety in Thirteenth-Century Scotland: the Religion and Religiosity of Alexander II (1214-49) and Alexander III (1249-86)

Penman MA (2009) Royal Piety in Thirteenth-Century Scotland: the Religion and Religiosity of Alexander II (1214-49) and Alexander III (1249-86). In: Burton J, Schofield P & Weiler B (eds.) Thirteenth Century England XII: Proceedings of the Gregynog Conference, 2007. Thirteenth Century England: Proceedings of the Gregynog Conference 2007, Volume 12. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell & Brewer, pp. 13-30. http://www.boydell.co.uk/43834472.HTM

Book Chapter

Making and Breaking the Rules: Succession in Medieval Europe, c.1000-c.1600 (Introduction)

Penman MA & Lachaud F (2008) Making and Breaking the Rules: Succession in Medieval Europe, c.1000-c.1600 (Introduction) [Établir et abolir les normes: la succession dans l’Europe médiévale, vers 1000-vers 1600]. In: Penman MA & Lachaud F (eds.) Making and breaking the rules: succession in medieval Europe, c. 1000-c.1600. Établir et abolir les normes: la succession dans l’Europe médiévale, vers 1000-vers 1600, Proceedings of the colloquium held on 6-7-8 April 2006. Actes de la conférence tenue les 6, 7 et 8 avril 2006, Institute of Historical Research (University of London), Histoires de Famille: La Parente au Moyen Age (HIFA 9). Histoires de famille. La parenté au Moyen Age (HIFA 9). Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1-9. http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503527437-1

Book Chapter

Diffinicione successionis ad regnum Scottorum: royal succession in Scotland in the later middle ages

Penman MA (2008) Diffinicione successionis ad regnum Scottorum: royal succession in Scotland in the later middle ages. In: Lachaud F & Penman MA (eds.) Making and breaking the rules: succession in medieval Europe, c. 1000-c.1600. Établir et abolir les normes: la succession dans l'Europe médiévale, vers 1000-vers 1600, Proceedings of the colloquium held on 6-7-8 April 2006. Actes de la conférence tenue les 6, 7 et 8 avril 2006, Institute of Historical Research (University of London). Histoires de famille. La parenté au Moyen Age HIFA, 9. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 43-59. http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503527437-1

Book Chapter

David II (1329-1371)

Penman MA (2008) David II (1329-1371). In: Brown M & Tanner R (eds.) Scottish Kingship 1306-1542: Essays in Honour of Norman Macdougall. Edinburgh: John Donald, pp. 49-71. http://john-donald.birlinn.co.uk/book/details/Scottish-Kingship--1306---1542-9781904607823/

Book Chapter

Robert I (1306-1329)

Penman MA (2008) Robert I (1306-1329). In: Brown M & Tanner R (eds.) Scottish Kingship 1306-1542: Essays in Honour of Norman Macdougall. Edinburgh: John Donald, pp. 20-48. http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/shr.2011.0008

Book Review

Chivalry and Knighthood in Scotland, 1424-1513

Penman MA (2008) Chivalry and Knighthood in Scotland, 1424-1513. Review of: Chivalry and Knighthood in Scotland, 1424–1513. By Katie Stevenson. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. 2006. Pp. xii, 228. ISBN: 1843831929.. Scottish Historical Review, 87 (2), pp. 336-338. https://doi.org/10.3366/E0036924108000218

Book Review

The Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292: Succession and Independence, by A.A.M. Duncan and Robert the Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland by G.W.S. Barrow

Penman MA (2007) The Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292: Succession and Independence, by A.A.M. Duncan and Robert the Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland by G.W.S. Barrow. Review of: A.A.M. Duncan, The Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292: Succession and Independence, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2002, 398 pages, ISBN 978-0748616268; G.W.S. Barrow, Robert the Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, first published in 1965, new editions in 1976, 1988 and Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2005, 560 pages, ISBN 978-0748620227. History Scotland, 7 (2), pp. 56-57. http://www.historyscotland.com/backissuelist.html?yid=7&o=0

Book Chapter

Scotland in 1406 - a Kingdom in Crisis?

Penman MA (2006) Scotland in 1406 - a Kingdom in Crisis?. In: Matthew C, Harrison B & Goldman L (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/theme-print.jsp?articleid=95106

Book Review

Medieval Scotland by A. Macquarrie

Penman MA (2006) Medieval Scotland by A. Macquarrie. Review of: Medieval Scotland by Alan Macquarrie, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2004, 242 pp. ISBN 0750929774.. Welsh History Review, 22 (4), pp. 784-786. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/uwp/whis/2006/00000022/00000004/art00008

Book Chapter

Margaret Logie, Queen of Scotland

Penman MA (2006) Margaret Logie, Queen of Scotland. In: Ewan E, Innes S, Reynolds S & Pipes R (eds.) The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the earliest times to 2004. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 248-249. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/978-0-7486-1713-5

Book Review

Scottish History: the Power of the Past

Penman MA (2005) Scottish History: the Power of the Past. Review of: Scottish History: The Power of the Past, eds. E.J. Cowan and R.J. Finlay; Edinburgh: EUP 2002; 279pp; ISBN 0748614206. Scottish Labour History, 40, pp. 113-114. http://www.scottishlabourhistory.org.uk/the-journal/

Book Chapter

Parliament Lost - Parliament Regained? The Three Estates in the Reign of David II, 1329-1371

Penman MA (2004) Parliament Lost - Parliament Regained? The Three Estates in the Reign of David II, 1329-1371. In: Brown KM, Mann AJ, MacDonald AR & Tanner RJ (eds.) The History of the Scottish Parliament: Parliament and Politics in Scotland, 1235-1560. The Edinburgh History of the Scottish Parliament, Volume 1, 1. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 74-101. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-history-of-the-scottish-parliament-hb-766.html

Book Review

The Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 by A. Nusbacher

Penman MA (2003) The Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 by A. Nusbacher [Robert the Bruce's Irish Wars: the Invasions of Ireland, 1306-1329 by S. Duffy ed. (Book Review)]. Review of: Aryeh Nusbacher, The Battle of Bannockburn, 1314; Charleston, SC, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Tempus, 2000, 176pp 73 illus., ISBN 0752423266; Seán Duffy ed., Robert the Bruce’s Irish Wars: the Invasions of Ireland, 1306-1329; Charleston, SC, Stroud, Gloucestershire,Tempus 2002, 221pp. 80 illus., ISBN 0752419749. History Scotland, 3 (2), pp. 54-55. http://www.historyscotland.com/backissuelist.html?yid=3&o=0

Book Review

Scotland and Europe: the Medieval Kingdom and its Contacts with Christendom, 1214-1560: Volume I: Religion, Culture and Commerce, by David Ditchburn

Penman MA (2003) Scotland and Europe: the Medieval Kingdom and its Contacts with Christendom, 1214-1560: Volume I: Religion, Culture and Commerce, by David Ditchburn. Review of: Scotland and Europe: The Medieval Kingdom and its Contacts with Christendom, 1214–1560. Volume I: Religion, Culture and Commerce. By David Ditchburn. Linton, Tuckwell Press. 2000. xiii + 335pp ISBN 978-1862321724. History, 88 (289), pp. 125-126. http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0018-2648; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2005.00333.x-i1

Book Chapter

Robert II Stewart

Penman MA (2001) Robert II Stewart. In: Oram RD (ed.) The Kings and Queens of Scotland. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press, pp. 148-155. http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/Kings-and-Queens-of-Scotland.aspx

Book Review

Brotherstone and Ditchburn (eds.), Freedom and Authority

Penman MA (2001) Brotherstone and Ditchburn (eds.), Freedom and Authority. Review of: Freedom and Authority: Historical and Historiographical Essays Presented to Grant G. Simpson. Edited by Terry Brotherstone and David Ditchburn . East Linton: Tuckwell Press. 2000. Pp. xii, 292. ISBN 1 898410 79 8. .. Scottish Historical Review, 80 (2), pp. 265-267. http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/shr.2001.80.2.265; https://doi.org/10.3366/shr.2001.80.2.265

Teaching

I have now managed to develop a run of courses progressing from first (level 7) to fourth year (level 10) which provides a chronological coverage of medieval Scotland from c.1100 to. c.1542. These courses have a predominantly political focus but have increasingly begun to draw on cultural and religious themes, reflecting my research interests; but they also rely heavily on comparisons with contemporary England and other European realms. As each course progresses there is an increasing emphasis placed upon students' greater and independent use of primary source materials and more demanding secondary reading. These research-led teaching themes link closely to my supervision interests on our M.Res and PhD programmes. HISU9A1 For the Lion: Scotland in the British Isles and Europe, c.1100-c.1542 HISU9A2 Renaissance, Reformation & Revolution: Scotland 1542-c.1715 HISU9S3 Reputations in History HISU9X4 Back to the Future: Putting History and Heritage to Work HISU9Q4 Scotland in the Age of Wallace and Bruce, 1286-1329 HISU9P5 Stewart Scotland I, 1406-88: Kingship or Tyranny? HISU9P6 Stewart Scotland II, 1488-1542: the Glory of Princely Governing? HISU9Q7 Dark and Drublie Days: Bruce and Stewart Scotland, 1329-1406 HISU9X7/8 History Dissertation

Teaching

Additional TPG/RPG supervisions 2000-22

Amanda Beam, 2002-06 [BFWG grant], PhD 2006 on 'The political ambitions and influences of the Balliol dynasty, c.1210-1364', despotised at https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/handle/1893/2533. Nicola Scott, 2003-7 [AHRB Studentship], PhD 2007 on 'The court and household of James I of Scotland, 1424-1437', deposited at https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/handle/1893/379. Lucinda Clarke/Dean, 2008-13 [AHRC Studentship], PhD on 'Crowns, Wedding Rings, and Processions: Continuity and Change in Representations of Scottish Royal Authority in State Ceremony, c.1214 - c.1603', deposited at https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/handle/1893/20198. Lisa Shaw, 2005-06 M.Res Hist Research, on 'Chivalry in Late Fourteenth-Century Scotland'. Samuel Muir Shaw, M.Res Hist Research 2010-12 [PT] and then PhD (Withdrawn), on 'The Earls of Dunbar/March, 1283-1368'. Cheryl Sheil, 2018-21 M.Res Hist Research [PT], on 'Andrew Murray, Guardian d.1338'. Bethany Reid, 2020-22, M.Res Hist Research [PT], on 'Noble Piety in Fourteenth-Century Scotland'.

HIS9A1 For the Lion: Scotland in the British Isles and Europe, c.1100-1542

HIS9A2 Renaissance, Reformation & Revolution : Scotland 1542-1715

HIS9P5 The Stewart Kings of Scotland, 1424 - 1513

HIS9P6 The Stewart Kings of Scotland II: The Glory of Princely Governing, 1488-1542?

HIS9Q4 Scotland in the Age of Wallace and Bruce 1286-1329

HIS9Q7 Dark and Drublie Days: Bruce and Stewart Scotland, 1329-1406

HIS9S3 Reputations in History

HIS9X7/X8 History Dissertation

HTRP03 M.Res Historical Research - Dissertation

HTRP11 M.Res Historical Research - Historiography

HTRP12 Sources and Methods

HTRP14 M.Res Historical Research - Research Skills

HTRP16 M.Res Historical Research - Medieval Scotland c.1100-c.1600

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