History SCOTLAND

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Karin Bowie is professor of early modern Scottish

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In this issue we share some fascinating research

Rare Mary Queen of Scots embroider y returns to Oxburgh Hall

A set of rare embroideries worked by Mary Queen of Scots and ElizabethTalbot, countess of Shrewsbury, are back on display at the NationalTrust’s Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk, England, for the first time in three years

HISTORY SCOTL AND LIVE ONLINE TALKS

Join us this spring for a programme of

The Antonine Wall in its international setting

Professor David J. Breeze reports on a project to emphasise the international links of the Roman frontier in Scotland, which aims to extend the World Heritage Site status of the Roman frontier as far as the Black Sea - and beyond

LANDSALE COAL WHARF discovered at Cockenzie

Report from community excavations by the 1722 Waggonway heritage project at a historic depot close to Cockenzie harbour, which led to a discovery of national importance

COLLECTING STORIES

Dr John Giblin introduces a brand new gallery at the National Museum of Scotland, which delves into how the items collected by the museum have come together over the past two centuries

THIN RED LINE: SCOTTISH SOLDIERS AND BRITAIN’S RETREAT FROM EMPIRE AFTER 1945

Ian S. Wood explores the role of Scottish soldiers and regiments in Britain’s long, messy withdrawal from empire after the Second World War, and asks what effect this had on Scotland’s sense of national identity

MAKING VOICES VISIBLE

petitions and public opinion in early modern Scotland

The Highland War, PART 2

Following its outbreak early in 1689, the initial stages of the Highland War involved tense manoeuvring for resources and position, as both Williamites and Jacobites sought to strengthen their hands before engaging in battle. Dr Graeme Millen explores these often-overlooked early actions in the conflict

Sir Henry Stirling*

Susanne Moreton reconsiders the life and career of Sir Henry Stirling, long known as a Jacobite agent in Peter the Great’s Russia, and discovers a complex character whose long residence overseas had at least as much to do with family and friendship as it did with the demands of Jacobite diplomacy

THE HOUSE OF FAA: SCOTLAND’S LOST GYPSY ROYAL DYNASTY*

Calum Cunningham takes us back to the late 17th century as he looks at the royal Gypsy dynasty, whose reign flourished in the borders for more than two centuries

‘DEAREST SISTER’: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARGARET TUDOR AND ANNE BOLEYN

Sylvia Barbara Soberton explores the correspondence between MargaretTudor and Anne Boleyn to shed light on the relationship between the two 16th-century queens

VALE TV

In 1976 a ‘quality of life’ project resulted in Scotland’s first community television experiment. Idealistic and challenging, it was an energetic moment in broadcast history that has almost been forgotten, writes Dr Emily Munro

The Murrays and the earls of Dunmore

Jane Dismore charts the fortunes of two interconnected families with centuries of links to two of Scotland’s well-known sites –The Pinneaple and Loch Rannoch

Scotland and slavery: history or fiction?

Dr Stuart Nisbet asks whether the voices of enslaved people might be brought to the fore through the medium of fiction that is based upon solid research

A WINDOW INTO 1920S SCOTLAND

To mark the recent online release of the 1921 Census, Veronica Schreuder explains what we can hope to find when searching for our ancestors within this valuable historical resource

LADY FINELLA

History Scotland’s consultant editor, Dr Allan Kennedy, tells the story of Finele, or ‘Lady Finella’, the 10th-century noblewoman who allegedly hatched a deadly and fantastical plot to kill King Kenneth II

SCOTTISH LOCAL HISTORY FORUM

In this regular round-up, we take a look at the various activities of the Scottish Local History Forum (SLHF), including its forthcoming conference

Spotlight on…

Cumnock History Group, a constituted voluntary group of more than 200 members, formed at the beginning of 2014 by the late Bobby Grierson, with the aim of recording, researching and preserving the history of Cumnock and its people

DIARY DATES

ON-SITE EVENTS

At the forefront of change

David McVey digs into geological time to rediscover an Edinburgh luminary

Heritable jurisdictions

Dr Allan Kennedy explores an early modern regality court

Creating a monograph

From an Iron Age settlement to a 21st-century publication, Matt Ritchie takes us inside the process, in a spin on a traditional book review

RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Church and State in Scotland (1843-63) Ryan Mallon

FALKIRK LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

SPOTLIGHT ON….

Exploring the 1921 census

Ken Nisbet takes a look at the newly-released 1921 census for evidence of the location and occupation of his four grandparents

A mar vellous miscellany

This month, Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams takes a look at the Scottish History Society’s Miscellany series, now on its 17th volume

FINAL WORD

Susan Kruse, learning and engagement manager at Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH), talks to us as she retires from her current role of more than a decade