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Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1965; 4th edn., 2005). 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).
After the Protestant party became dominant in 1560, the First Book of Discipline set out a plan for a school in every parish, but this proved financially impossible. In the burghs the existing schools were largely maintained, with the song schools and a number of new foundations becoming reformed grammar schools or ordinary parish schools.
The history of education in Scotland in its modern sense of organised and institutional learning, began in the Middle Ages, when Church choir schools and grammar schools began educating boys. By the end of the 15th century schools were also being organised for girls and universities were founded at St Andrews , Glasgow and Aberdeen .
The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 and the abolition of school fees in 1890 meant there was a state-funded, national system of compulsory free basic education with common examinations. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education, brought the Roman Catholic schools into the state system, and ...
A legacy of the Reformation in Scotland was the aim of having a school in every parish, which was underlined by an act of the Scottish parliament in 1696 (reinforced in 1801). In rural communities this obliged local landowners (heritors) to provide a schoolhouse and pay a schoolmaster, while ministers and local presbyteries oversaw the quality ...
(with Ann Morton) British National Archives and the local historian : a guide to official record publications, 1980 (with Robert Morpeth) A dictionary of Scottish history, 1977; Scotland : the shaping of a nation, 1974; Mary, Queen of Scots, 1974 (with Robert Morpeth) Who's who in Scottish history, 1973; Scottish historical documents, 1970
Scotland Since 1688: Struggle for a Nation, with Richard Finlay (London: CIMA, 2000) 192pp. The Polar Twins: Scottish History and Scottish Literature, ed. with Douglas Gifford (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1999) 310pp. Ed. The People's Past: Scottish Folk, Scottish History (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1980; reprinted 1995) 223pp.
Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. The son of Rev. John Anderson and Ann Masson, he was born in 1879. He was educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh.