Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow DLitt FBA FRSE is a British historian and academic, born at Headingley in Leeds. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, and arguably the most prominent Scottish medievalist of the last century. He began his work by studying the nature of feudalism in Anglo-Norman Britain, but moved on to specialize more thoroughly on Scottish feudalism. His work has tended to focus on Normanization in High Medieval Scotland, as well as some aspects of native continuity, especially in reference to governmental institutions. His pioneering historical research continues to be an invaluable legacy to the field. A Doctor of Letters is a university academic degree. ... Fellows of the British Academy (FBA). ... The Royal Society of Edinburghs Building on the corner of George St. ... Headingley Lane, Leeds Headingley is a suburb of the English city of Leeds in the county of Yorkshire. ... Statistics Population: 443,247 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE297338 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Leeds Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste. ... The Anglo-Normans were the descendents of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066. ... Dunnottar Castle in the Mearns occupies one of the best defensive locations in Great Britain. ...

Publications

This is a short list with some of Barrow's most notable publications:

Books

• Feudal Britain, (London, 1956).
• Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1965; 3rd edn., 1988).
• The Kingdom of the Scots, (London, 1973), a collection of his scholarly articles.
• Editor of The Scottish Tradition, (Edinburgh, 1974).
• The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History, (Oxford, 1980).
• Kingship and Unity: Scotland, 1000-1306, (London, 1981).
• Scotland and its Neighbours in the Middle Ages, (London, 1992) - another collection of his scholarly articles.

Editions of texts

• Editor of Acts of Malcolm IV, 1153-1165, (Edinburgh, 1960) - Regesta Regum Scottorum, vol. i.
• Co-editor (with W.W. Scott) of Acts of William I, 1165-1214 (Edinburgh, 1971)-Regesta Regum Scottorum, vol. ii.
• Editor of The Charters of King David I, (Woodbridge, 1999).

External links

• Barrow's Profile on the UOE Website