Jenny Geddes: The Stool, the St Giles’ Riot and the Spark of Civil War
Jenny Geddes is the name at the heart of one of Scotland’s most enduring legends. Her story begins...
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Tag: 17th Century
The Darien Scheme: A Grave in the Jungle and a Nation Betrayed
The Darien Scheme offered one ruined laird a way out. In the autumn of 1694, sand overwhelmed...
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The Scottish Invasion of England 1648: The Engager Army’s Doomed March
The Scottish invasion of England 1648 began on 8 July, when a Covenanter faction known as the...
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Alchemy in Scotland
Alchemy in Scotland Alchemy in Scotland represents a fascinating chapter in the nation’s...
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Charles II, the Solemn League and Covenant, and the Forgotten Scottish Bargain
Charles II is remembered on an unobtrusive plaque in Garmouth, attached to the side of a house in...
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The Maiden: Scotland’s Guillotine and the Lives It Claimed
The Maiden dropped its blade on James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, at the Mercat Cross in...
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