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History Scotland

January-February 2020
Magazine

Explore centuries of Scottish history and archaeology with fascinating features on topics from all branches and periods of Scottish history and archaeology, written by leading historians, archaeologists and museum curators. With news on the latest research, opinion, expert reviews and spotlights on the country's most significant historical archives, this lavishly-illustrated magazine has everything you need to explore Scotland's rich past.

History Scotland

FROM THE EDITOR

MEET THE CONTRIBUTORS

LANDMARK REDEVELOPMENT OF ABERDEEN ART GALLERY UNVEILED • Aberdeen Art Gallery has reopened to the public after a £34.6 million redevelopment project

The Scottish witch hunt • A new podcast series featuring the latest academic research on the Scottish witch-hunt has been launched by BBC Radio Scotland

THE ALASDAIR ROSS PRIZE – WINNER ANNOUNCED • The winner of the inaugural Alasdair Ross Prize, established by the Scottish History Society in memory of the late Dr Alasdair Ross, former editor of History Scotland, has been announced

A year in history • A round-up of some of the many events we can look forward to over the coming year

PRINCE LEOPOLD of Saxe-Coburg’s entry into Edinburgh, 1819 • Dr Clarisse Godard Desmarest looks back at a royal visit to Edinburgh by Prince Leopold, showing how the event not only laid the foundations for a visit by George IV in 1822, but also allowed the New Town to host a major public event for the first time

TARBAT MEDIEVAL BURIALS PROJECT • A striking facial reconstruction forms the centrepiece of the launch of the Tarbat medieval burials project, analysing five 15th-century male burials that include a unique six-headed burial

Our Castle of Kings COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY DIG • Robert McPhail of Tarbert Castle Trust presents the results of a long-term project to protect and preserve a medieval royal stronghold that was once one of the country’s largest castles

Wilkhouse dig reveals insights into LIFE BEFORE THE Sutherland clearances • New insights into highland life immediately before the Sutherland clearances of the early 19th century, have recently been published following archaeological investigations at the site of a drovers’ inn

The Picthis language • Dr Guto Rhys grapples with the language or dialects spoken by the early medieval Picts, surveying the significant but fragmentary evidence and confirming that Pictish was closely related to Archaic Welsh

… THE STORMING OF DUNDEE, 1651 • History Scotland’s consultant editor, Dr Allan Kennedy, looks at the capture of Dundee by English troops in 1651, one of the defining moments in the Cromwellian conquest of Scotland

OUR MAN IN JAPAN • Darren Swanson and Neil McLennan explore the role of the Stonehaven-born scholar and journalist James Murdoch, whose work in Japan during the Paris peace conference led him to predict the sowing of the seeds for a second global conflict

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HMS BLACK PRINCE • Sandy Mullay traces the fate of HMS Black Prince, a Cromarty-based cruiser that was mysteriously lost during the battle of Jutland in 1916, and whose final resting place would remain unknown until the discovery of its wreck in the 1980s

ALONE AT SEA • The nation’s archives hold countless tales of fortitude and bravery, but perhaps none quite like that of Elizabeth Mouat. Archivist Veronica Schreuder tells the story of a Shetland crofter who found herself stranded alone at sea for nine days following a fierce storm, before being rescued off the coast of Norway and becoming a celebrity back in her home country

Alasdair Gray's Lanark book illustrations: Historia Magistrae Vitae Est • Kevin Brown reflects on the six illustrations penned by Alasdair Gray to accompany his debut novel, Lanark, finding in them not only...


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 68 Publisher: Warners Group Publications Plc Edition: January-February 2020

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Explore centuries of Scottish history and archaeology with fascinating features on topics from all branches and periods of Scottish history and archaeology, written by leading historians, archaeologists and museum curators. With news on the latest research, opinion, expert reviews and spotlights on the country's most significant historical archives, this lavishly-illustrated magazine has everything you need to explore Scotland's rich past.

History Scotland

FROM THE EDITOR

MEET THE CONTRIBUTORS

LANDMARK REDEVELOPMENT OF ABERDEEN ART GALLERY UNVEILED • Aberdeen Art Gallery has reopened to the public after a £34.6 million redevelopment project

The Scottish witch hunt • A new podcast series featuring the latest academic research on the Scottish witch-hunt has been launched by BBC Radio Scotland

THE ALASDAIR ROSS PRIZE – WINNER ANNOUNCED • The winner of the inaugural Alasdair Ross Prize, established by the Scottish History Society in memory of the late Dr Alasdair Ross, former editor of History Scotland, has been announced

A year in history • A round-up of some of the many events we can look forward to over the coming year

PRINCE LEOPOLD of Saxe-Coburg’s entry into Edinburgh, 1819 • Dr Clarisse Godard Desmarest looks back at a royal visit to Edinburgh by Prince Leopold, showing how the event not only laid the foundations for a visit by George IV in 1822, but also allowed the New Town to host a major public event for the first time

TARBAT MEDIEVAL BURIALS PROJECT • A striking facial reconstruction forms the centrepiece of the launch of the Tarbat medieval burials project, analysing five 15th-century male burials that include a unique six-headed burial

Our Castle of Kings COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY DIG • Robert McPhail of Tarbert Castle Trust presents the results of a long-term project to protect and preserve a medieval royal stronghold that was once one of the country’s largest castles

Wilkhouse dig reveals insights into LIFE BEFORE THE Sutherland clearances • New insights into highland life immediately before the Sutherland clearances of the early 19th century, have recently been published following archaeological investigations at the site of a drovers’ inn

The Picthis language • Dr Guto Rhys grapples with the language or dialects spoken by the early medieval Picts, surveying the significant but fragmentary evidence and confirming that Pictish was closely related to Archaic Welsh

… THE STORMING OF DUNDEE, 1651 • History Scotland’s consultant editor, Dr Allan Kennedy, looks at the capture of Dundee by English troops in 1651, one of the defining moments in the Cromwellian conquest of Scotland

OUR MAN IN JAPAN • Darren Swanson and Neil McLennan explore the role of the Stonehaven-born scholar and journalist James Murdoch, whose work in Japan during the Paris peace conference led him to predict the sowing of the seeds for a second global conflict

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HMS BLACK PRINCE • Sandy Mullay traces the fate of HMS Black Prince, a Cromarty-based cruiser that was mysteriously lost during the battle of Jutland in 1916, and whose final resting place would remain unknown until the discovery of its wreck in the 1980s

ALONE AT SEA • The nation’s archives hold countless tales of fortitude and bravery, but perhaps none quite like that of Elizabeth Mouat. Archivist Veronica Schreuder tells the story of a Shetland crofter who found herself stranded alone at sea for nine days following a fierce storm, before being rescued off the coast of Norway and becoming a celebrity back in her home country

Alasdair Gray's Lanark book illustrations: Historia Magistrae Vitae Est • Kevin Brown reflects on the six illustrations penned by Alasdair Gray to accompany his debut novel, Lanark, finding in them not only...


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