About the Author

Edward J. Cowan is Professor of Scottish History at Glasgow University and Director of Glasgow University's Crichton Campus in Dumfries. Is has also worked at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Guelph, Ontario, where he was Professor of History and Chair of Scottish Studies. His books include For Freedom Alone: The Declaration of Arborath 1320 (Tuckwell, 2003), and Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (Tuckwell, 2001).