This is the first full-scale academic study of Alexander III's reign since 1937 and will appeal to those interested in medieval history, English history and Scottish history.

Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death plunged Scotland into turmoil, and into a period of warfare and internal decline which almost brought about the demise of the Scottish state.