Alan Young (1) (1949–)
Author of Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314
For other authors named Alan Young, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Alan Young is a freelance lecturer and writer on British medieval history, formerly Principal Lecturer in History at University College of Ripon and York St John. He has written widely on Scottish and northern English history. MICHAEL J. STEAD has gained a reputation as one of Britain's leading show more landscape photographers. Together they have also written In the Footsteps of Robert Bruce (The History Press). show less
Works by Alan Young
Associated Works
Thirteenth Century England VII: Proceedings of the Durham Conference, 1997 (1999) — Contributor — 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Young, Alan
- Birthdate
- 1949
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Ph.D|1974)
- Occupations
- historian
- Nationality
- UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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Thorough study of the Comyns, a Norman-Scottish noble family who rose to dominate Scotland in the late 1200s, but were forever disgraced in the eyes of patriotic Scots for opposing William Wallace and, in particular, Robert the Bruce. Bruce's murder of the senior Comyn at Dumfries I 1306 was a critical moment in the struggle which Bruce eventually won to establish himself as ruler of Scotland. Young does not write as a Comyn partisan, but he does stick to a straightforward unbiased account show more of the family, setting aside much of the traditional obloquy that goes back to Barbour's Bruce and similar accounts. show less
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