Steve Boardman is Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh.

• Maps, Genealogical Tables and IllustrationsAcknowledgementsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction: Kings and Kingdoms in late medieval Europe1. Robert the Steward and fourteenth-century Scotland2. '1371 and All That''3. The Lame King: Robert III 1390-14064. 'Scotland's Steersman': Robert, Duke of Albany5. A God-given king? James I6. James II (1437-1460)7. A Realm 'badly and confusedly led'? The Reign of James IIIConclusion: 'Stands Scotland where it?'Guide to Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Beginning with a wholly original analysis of the impact of Scotland's fourteenth-century crisis of war, plague, and social change, Boardman sustains a fluent and convincing reassessment of the kingdom's emergence as a late medieval state and community. An indispensable volume which shines new light on Scotland's late medieval past. -- Michael Brown, University of St Andrews

Steve Boardman is Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh.

• Maps, Genealogical Tables and IllustrationsAcknowledgementsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction: Kings and Kingdoms in late medieval Europe1. Robert the Steward and fourteenth-century Scotland2. '1371 and All That''3. The Lame King: Robert III 1390-14064. 'Scotland's Steersman': Robert, Duke of Albany5. A God-given king? James I6. James II (1437-1460)7. A Realm 'badly and confusedly led'? The Reign of James IIIConclusion: 'Stands Scotland where it?'Guide to Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Beginning with a wholly original analysis of the impact of Scotland's fourteenth-century crisis of war, plague, and social change, Boardman sustains a fluent and convincing reassessment of the kingdom's emergence as a late medieval state and community. An indispensable volume which shines new light on Scotland's late medieval past. -- Michael Brown, University of St Andrews

Steve Boardman is Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh.

• Maps, Genealogical Tables and IllustrationsAcknowledgementsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction: Kings and Kingdoms in late medieval Europe1. Robert the Steward and fourteenth-century Scotland2. '1371 and All That''3. The Lame King: Robert III 1390-14064. 'Scotland's Steersman': Robert, Duke of Albany5. A God-given king? James I6. James II (1437-1460)7. A Realm 'badly and confusedly led'? The Reign of James IIIConclusion: 'Stands Scotland where it?'Guide to Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Beginning with a wholly original analysis of the impact of Scotland's fourteenth-century crisis of war, plague, and social change, Boardman sustains a fluent and convincing reassessment of the kingdom's emergence as a late medieval state and community. An indispensable volume which shines new light on Scotland's late medieval past. -- Michael Brown, University of St Andrews