Description: Medieval gardens usually rate very few pages in the garden history books. The general perception is still of small gardens in the corner of a castle. Recent research has shown that the gardens were larger than we previously believed.
Brief description: Michael Brown is Professor of Scottish history at the University of St Andrews. His main research interests centre on the political society of Scotland c.1250 - c.1500 and on the relationships between the various communities of the British Isles during the same period. He has published studies of the practice and ideology of royal and aristocratic lordship in Scotland.
Review Quotes: "This very special history contains some of the vast amount of research that Professor Brown carried out to create the medieval gardens...A simply fascinating read and a singularly important."-- "Midwest Book Review"