As with so many a scholarly edition, the genesis of this volume was lengthy and not entirely straightforward. Robert Kerr Hannay (1867-1940), Scottish historiographer royal, had begun work on it in 1938 when elected chairman of the council of the Scottish History Society, but he died soon after, leaving his project unfinished. It then fell to Robert Laird Mackie – who would go
A KING'S CORRESPONDENCE
Jun 10, 2023
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