Historian 🏴 🇦🇪 Early modern political culture & popular politics⏳Riots, rebels, executions, print, propaganda & sedition 📚
Otago Region, New Zealand
Joined February 2011
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News! An article I wrote for the @LeverhulmeTrust @ScotCouncil project has been published #openaccess in @ichrpi’s PER
Makers, mistakes, and miscellaneous matter: materiality and the Scottish Privy Council records, c.1688-1708 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Delighted to see the upcoming edited collection from the Scottish Privy Council Project is now listed as 'forthcoming' on the @EdinburghUP website. Loads on fascinating new research on the Scotland and the Council, 1689-1708. Out April next year!
edinburghuniversitypress.com…
POV you’re an historian of Scotland delving into English King’s Bench plea rolls in all their court hand, abbreviated Latin glory… 🫣
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'A History of Scotland in Five Maps' - a newly confirmed seminar at The National Library of Scotland with Dr Oisín Plumb & Dr Andrew Lind ➕ Thursday 25 June 2026 ➕ At the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh ➕ 5.30pm -6.30pm ➕ Free
tinyurl.com/2bdwrvw7
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A recipe for chicken curry, from Scottish family papers in the late 1700s/early 1800s.
The recipe calls for chicken, butter, onion, lemon and cayenne pepper, with a curry powder made from coriander, cumin and turmeric.
Try the recipe yourself here! bit.ly/CurryNRS
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A brand new programme for the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshops is here; we're kicking things off on 24 Feb with a visit from Prof Allan Macinnes, who will be sharing thoughts about his new book, 'Conflict and Loyalty: Jacobitism in Europe & Beyond'.
jdb1745.net/events/jstworksh…
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The 1599–1600 timber-framed facade of Sir Paul Pindar’s house, a rare survivor from pre-Great Fire London, is displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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A monument to the thousands of Scottish soldiers who died fighting far from home in the 1600s. Unregarded and unloved in a field near Worcester.
Working on a manuscript letter that has what looks like bible verses listed/hidden on one side… except they’re not real references. The verses don’t exist! The recipient was in prison. Could this be code? Anyone know anything about 17-c codes?!
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Our free online SHS Winter Lecture Series continues!
Finding Women in Scottish History
Find out more by following the link 👇🏼 scottishhistorysociety.com/s…
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#CFP for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, on the theme of
Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern
at Queen Mary University of London
Please share widely
#nuntastic #catholichistory
historyofwomenreligious.org/…
Hello, any #twitterstorians still out there?
Is there an English equivalent of Fasti? If I wanted to find a Scotsman who preached in England (maybe under the Commonwealth?) where would I look? 🤔
Nice morning sharing my research on Scottish proclamations with the @COMLAWEU project team.
Picture from #StAndrews before the sun went in 🫣
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Bayeux Tapestry will return to Britain for first time in more than 900 years | UK News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/bayeux-ta…
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I’ve been approached for two different ghostwriting projects lately… not my thing! Please stop! 👻
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📢 1 July is the deadline for The Alasdair Ross Prize, which aims to support postgraduate students and early career researchers undertaking archival research on Scottish history and/or environmental history.
Link with details below:
scottishhistorysociety.com/p…
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❓Are you an #ecr or #postgrad working on #Scottish or #Environmental history?
❓Would you like some 💰💰💰 for research costs??
The deadline for this year’s Alasdair Ross prize has been extended to 1 July! Up to £500 available 👇🏼
scottishhistorysociety.com/p…