About the Author

R. Andrew McDonaldis Professor of History at Brock University, Canada, where he was the founding director of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is the author of many books, book chapters and articles on medieval Scottish, Hebridean and Manx history, includingThe Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard, c.1100c.1336, and is co-editor ofThe Viking Age: A ReaderandAlba: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages.