Prof Simon MacLean

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3313

Email

sm89@st-andrews.ac.uk

Location

Mediaeval History, 71 South Street

Office hours

On Research Leave Semester 2.

 

Research areas

Early medieval European history, in particular the Carolingian Empire and its successor kingdoms, 8th-12th centuries; medieval queenship.

Selected publications

• Introduction

  Lyon, J. & MacLean, S., 10 Mar 2026, Lords and pastors: lives of German bishops 950-1250. Lyon, J. & MacLean, S. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 1-21 (Manchester medieval sources series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Life of archbishop Bruno of Cologne

  MacLean, S., 10 Mar 2026, Lords and pastors: lives of German bishops, 950-1250. Lyon, J. & MacLean, S. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 22-80 (Manchester medieval sources series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Lords and pastors: lives of German bishops 950-1250

  Lyon, J. (Editor) & MacLean, S. (Editor), 10 Mar 2026, Manchester: Manchester University Press. 416 p. (Manchester medieval sources series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access

  The date and context of the Astronomer's 'Life of Louis the Pious'

  MacLean, S., 13 Jan 2026, In: Early Medieval Europe. 34, 1, p. 70-100 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Geography and history in Waltharius

  MacLean, S., 18 Jul 2025, In: The Explicator. Latest Articles

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Frontiers and fortifications in the Carolingian imperial imagination

  MacLean, S., 30 Oct 2024, Carolingian frontiers: Italy and beyond. Betti, M., Borri, F. & Gasparri, S. (eds.). Firenze: Firenze University Press, p. 141-159 19 p. (Reti medievali. E-book; vol. 48).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Hincmar of Rheims, De ordine palatii and royal assemblies in the late Carolingian Empire

  MacLean, S., 21 Aug 2023, Versammlungen im Frühmittelalter. Patzold, S. & Depreux, P. (eds.). de Gruyter, p. 179-192 14 p. (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Royal adultery, biblical history and political conflict in Tenth Century Francia: the Lothar Crystal reconsidered

  MacLean, S., 1 Oct 2022, In: Francia. 49, p. 1-25 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Who were the Lotharingians? Defining political community after the end of the Carolingian Empire

  MacLean, S., Jan 2021, Historiography and Identity IV. Writing History Across Medieval Eurasia. Mahoney, D. & Pohl, W. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, p. 247-274 28 p. (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (CELAMA); vol. 30).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Forum: Pauline Stafford's 'Queens. Concubines and Dowagers', 30 years on

  MacLean, S., 6 Jun 2020, In: Medieval People. 35, 1, p. 13-16 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

 

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