On 9 June Katie Stevenson accepted the Thomas Reid Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in a ceremony that was followed by an excellent lecture from Prof. David Hewitt of the University of Aberdeen.
New book by Katie Stevenson, Power and Propaganda: Scotland 1306-1488
Katie Stevenson’s new book, Power and Propaganda: Scotland 1306-1488, has just been published by Edinburgh University Press in the New History of Scotland series edited by Dr Jenny Wormald.
Power and Propaganda is a thematic reflection on the political history of late medieval Scotland, that considers the ways in which power was expressed and renegotiated during a crucial period in the kingdom’s history. It deals with themes including the nature of the power enjoyed by kings, how that power was maintained and how it was deployed; the interpersonal relations and struggles between kings and the elites within their kingdoms; and, the structures of governance through which power operated and was felt down to a local level.
Late medieval Scotland is especially fertile ground for an examination of all of these themes as two new dynasties – the Bruces and the Stewarts – were faced with the challenge of establishing their own legitimacy and authority.
Power and Propaganda is available from Oxford University Press in the USA and from Amazon in paperback and in hardcover.
A Scotichronicon: The Black Book of Paisley
British Library Royal MS 13 E.X, f. 26v: an extract from a family tree of James II. Evidence of why colour copies of manuscripts can be helpful for interpretation.
Katie Stevenson wins RSE Arts & Humanities Research Grant
The Power of Pedigree is currently funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Research Grant.
Dr Katie Stevenson has been awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Research Grant for her project The Power of Pedigree: The Stewart Dynasty and the Foundations of Royal Authority. This grant, which is funded by the Scottish Government, will support Katie’s archival research and enable her to consult medieval manuscripts in the United States, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and England. Katie will commence the research for this project in January 2014, when she takes up a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.
The Power of Pedigree 