Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, volume XIV
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268 Pages

21.6 x 13.8 cm

3 line illus.

Series: Scottish History Society 6th Series

Series Vol. Number: 4

Imprint: Scottish History Society

Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, volume XIV

by Alasdair Ross and John McCallum

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Hitherto unpublished documents from early modern Scotland offer fascinating insights into contemporary life.

Miscellanies published by the Scottish History Society bring together critical editions of important and previously unpublished manuscripts of relevance to Scottish history. As well as providing transcriptions, the editors introduce and explain the context of documents which have been neglected or even unknown to historians, providing a valuable resource for researchers, students, and all those interested in exploring Scottish history through the originalsources.
Volume XIV of the Miscellany focuses on the early modern period, presenting editions of six manuscripts from the late sixteenth to the mid eighteenth centuries. While ranging widely over the political, religious, social and environmental history of the period, there is an emphasis on the writings of the clergy, and the religious culture of the long post-Reformation period. Several of the entries shed considerable light, for example, on evangelicalism in the first half of the eighteenth century. Together, the documents comprise an essential collection for the study of early modern Scottish History, and help to illuminate the body of unpublished sources still waiting tobe explored.
Two surveys of vernacular buildings and tree usage in the lordship of Strathavon, Banffshire, 1585x1612 - Alasdair Ross
Henry Forrester, The paithe way to salvatione, 1615 - John McCallum
Diary of the Convention of Estates, 1630 -
Sir David Home, Lord Crossrig, 'A Narrative of the Rise,Progress and Success of the Societies of Edinburgh for Reformation of Manners', 1701 - Nathan Gray
The Most Memorable Passages of the Life and Times of Mr J. B. written by Himself, 1706 - Jeffrey Stephen
John Erskine's Letterbook, 1742-45 - Jonathan Yeager
"Miscellanies published by the Scottish History Society are delightful collections that are fun to read, bringing together as they do critical editions of important and previously unpublished manuscripts relevant to Scottish history." SCOTTISH STUDIES NEWSLETTER 44

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Title Details

268 Pages

2.16 x 1.38 cm

3 line illus.

Series: Scottish History Society 6th Series

Series Vol. Number: 4

Imprint: Scottish History Society