Articles
Articles
The Massacre of Glencoe
In the early hours of the 13th February 1692, 120 Scots Army soldiers of the Earl of Argyll’s Regiment of Foot, carry out the...
Articles
The Battle of Dunkeld
Following their victory at the battle of Killiecrankie on 27 July 1689, the Jacobites under the command of Major-General Alexander Cannon attack a Scottish government...
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The Siege of Newcastle 1644
Crossing the Tweed in January 1644, the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant, led by Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven advanced rapidly into...
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Scottish History Blog
Roman roads in Scotland
Myth and fable surround much common understanding of Roman roads, they are for instance proverbial for their straightness and all lead to Rome. Or...
Scottish History Blog
The Execution of James Renwick
On 17th February 1688, Presbyterian minister James Renwick was hanged in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket. He would be the last Covenanter to be publicly executed.
James Renwick...
Scottish History Blog
The Rout of Moy
On the night of 16-17 February 1746, a government force of around 1,500, many of them from the 64th Highlanders and the Independent Highland...
Scottish military history
Scottish History Blog
The Battle of Haddon Rig
The battle of Haddon Rig, fought on 24 August 1542, came as a consequence of European politics. Recently faced with the threat of war...
Articles
The Siege of Newcastle 1644
Crossing the Tweed in January 1644, the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant, led by Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven advanced rapidly into...
Articles
The Siege of Blair Castle
On the 17th March 1746, a Jacobite force under the command of Lord George Murray began the siege of Blair Castle in Blair Atholl,...
Books
Scottish History Books
Industry, Reform and Empire
From the death of James III to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, Jane Dawson tells story of Scotland from the perspective of...
Scottish History Books
Union and Revolution
A provocative new account of Scotland's history across a century of revolution and political instability.
This edition in the New History of Scotland series...
Scottish History Books
Rebellious Scots to Crush
When Charles Edward Stuart launched the last, and perhaps most famous, of the Jacobite Risings in the late summer of 1745, the British Army...
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