Dr Graeme Millen
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Historian, late 17th c, Scots martial culture, Highland War (1689-1691) & Scots-Dutch connection. @WeegieGraeme.bsky.social
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Allan Kennedy
Lecturer in Early Modern Scottish History @dundeeuni, Consultant Editor @HistoryScotland and Project Manager @ScotCouncil. Personal views.
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Professor and Prefekt (Chair) of the Institute of Miltary History @MhaFhs (Swedish Defence University) - All views my own, RTs/Likes not always endorsements.
John McCafferty
Historian. Academic. Lover of archives, dead friars, old buildings and anything before 1700. Tweeting in personal capacity.
Dr Karie Schultz
Leverhulme ECF @univofstandrews | Intellectual historian of early modern Britain and Europe | political thought & theology | Coloradan πΊπΈ
David Worthington
Head @UHIHistory, #ThinkUHI. Northern Scotland, East-Central Europe, #CoastalHistory and #CuriousCleric. Historically @Moray_Firth @ScottishPolish. Own views.
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We're looking to finalise our 2024-5 webinar programme over the next couple of weeks, so if you have any last-minute proposals for a History Scotland webinar, please get in touch ASAP!
The Scottish Privy Council in the early modern period has been understudied.
Robbie Tree redresses this in our latest issue, exploring the Council's role in elections after the Williamite Revolution
Find out more for free π
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History Of Parliament #OpenAccess
Look who turned up on my doorstep this morning! π
Would anyone like a copy of the Life and Letters Lady Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland?
I assume I use the author copies like an early modern diplomatic gift no? π€
#EpistolaryCulture
#EarlyModern
#WomensWriting
Henry Sidney, earl of Romney, formerly MP for Bramber and Tamworth, died #OnThisDay 1704.
A key figure in the Revolution of 1688, he composed the letter of invitation to William of Orange (though some said he was not bright enough to have done so)...
#twitterstorians #HistParl
Calling all Scottish Historians! History Scotland is putting together its webinar programme for 2024-5. If you would be interested in giving a webinar based on your research, please get in touch with me. Proposals from ECRs especially welcome. Payment offered!
The Georgian Lords Dr Graeme Millen Steve Celestial Skeptic π Lord Craven's acquiescence to the Dutch demands and the subsequent 'peaceful' transition of power have become the basis of the Glorious Revolution myths that it was not an invasion by William of Orange.
Q for Scottish legal historians: I know the Court of Session is a civil court, but could it exceptionally act as a criminal court? I've found a reference (1790s) that implies a man was convicted of forgery and sentenced to transportation by the Court of Session. #LegalHistory
My review of Frances Nolan's 'The Jacobite Duchess' is out today in The Court Historian.
Anyone interested in CourtStudies and #jacobitestudies should have a read!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10β¦
Delighted to announce officially that the IASSL has awarded the 2023 Jack Medal to Jamie Reid Baxter for his article on Esther Inglis's Octonaries publ in SSL, 2023. iassl.org/jackmedal2023
IASSL Association for Scottish Literature Esther Inglis 2024
