This book explores some of the remarkable stories of this ancient land, many of them appearing in print for the first time.

The murder of David Beaton lies like a great shadow over the Scottish Reformation and this is the first modern account of this great prince of the church.

This important and detailed study describes and analyses the main features of the economy and social structure of the Isles in the seventeenth century. In geographical scope it covers the Hebrides from Islay in the south to Lewis in the north, as well as the island groups of Orkney and Shetland.

An impressive compendium which thoroughly investigates French and other prisoners of war during the period of the Napoleonic War.

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The only book on the turbulent last years of the Percy dynasty.

Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era is the first such volume to scrutinise in detail the history of the Highlands and Islands incorporating the most up-to-date research.

Bill Lawson is the foremost authority on the detailed history of the Western Isles of Scotland, and he now follows his successful Harris in History and Legend with a companion volume of the neighbouring isle of North Uist.

The countryside we see today is largely a man-made creation. Three hundred years ago, the landscape looked very different; it had a confused, fragmented appearance, with clusters of small farms, narrow strips of cultivated ground in a bare landscape wi
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This major study of a formidable Scottish monarch is also the first in-depth treatment of four decades of crucially formative Scottish history.

An unusually detailed account of Highland and Scottish history, including clearance, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration.

The first scholarly biography of the adult James V. This study concentrates on his style of governement and relations with his nobility, and challenging the widely-held view of a vindictive and irrational king motivated largely by greed, who antagonised most of his leading magnates and ultimately met his just deserts when they refused to support him in 1542.

This book provides the first comprehensive history of the Royal Scottish Corporation, covering four centuries of Scottish aid in the English capital from 1603-2003.

This is a reprint in two volumes of the 1876 edition of Logan's famous work, edited with an introduction and memoir of the author by Alexander Stewart.

Michael Brown analyses the rise and fall of the family as the dominant magnates of the south, from the deeds of the Good Sir James Douglas in the service of Bruce to the violent destruction of the Douglas earls in the 1450s.     

Joyce M Wallace lovingly retells the history and heritage of these areas combined with lively anecdotes about the characters who populated them.

A study of the main political parties in Scotland, examining in particular their electoral fortunes from the time of the First Reform Bill to the emergence of the Labour party.

Here are the stories of the famous people who came to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, why they came, how they travelled and what they found.

The story of one of the last of the great city reformations that took place all over Europe in the 16th century.

Dr Walker's report gives us a last opportunity to see the basis of the old island economy and the life and conditions of the inhabitants.

For many years the reputation of James V has been overshadowed by the tragic glamour of his father, James IV, killed at Flodden, and his daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. Princelie Majestie reveals that he was an energetic and innovative patron, who in a brief fourteen years created a court culture of remarkable quality and diversity.

In this book - the first full account of the Argyll rising - Raymond Campbell Paterson places the events of 1685 in the context of late Stewart politics, both in Scotland and Britain as a whole.

This book traces the story of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, from the slums of Victorian Glasgow to the shanty towns of present-day Africa and among the ‘new poor’ at home. It is a colourful story, but it is more. In many ways it is an exemplar of the fortunes of all religious Congregations, and a microcosm of the Catholic Church itself, over the past century-and-a-half.

Biographies have appeared of the various leading personalities involved, but this is the first systematic study to link up the various theatres of war and to discuss the effects of the Bruce Wars.

A team of leading historians and critics from both Scotland and England investigate what is known of medieval warrior William Wallace's career from contemporary sources, most of which, unusually for a national hero, were created by his enemies.

Argyll's historical importance goes back for thousands of years. As the centre of the kingdom of Dalriada the area was of seminal importance in terms of Gaelic culture, and was also of extreme significance in the spread of Celtic Christianity.

On December 5th, 1600, Pope Clement VIII founded and endowed the Scots College in Rome for the training of priests and, at least initially, the education of the sons of Scottish noblemen.

In 1637 Scotland exploded in rebellion against King Charles I: the events that followed have traditionally been interpreted in terms of religious conflict, but while accepting the importance of religious inspiration, The Scottish Revolution prov
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In this history of Leith the emphasis is placed firmly on the lives of the ordinary people - their work, homes, lifestyle, interests, aspirations and opinions.

Award-winning journalist Marian Pallister has brought together historical fact and contemporary reminiscence to give a fascinating insight into the origins and development of human settlement in this beautiful outpost of Scotland.

The essays in this collection explore the uneasy relationship between Scottish History and Scottish Literature through the ages.

A comprehensive guide, with a historical emphasis, to the ancient counties of Moray, Banff and Nairn.

In this new book by one of Britain’s foremost experts in mediaeval linguistics and history, Dr Graeme Davis counters popular historical belief by proposing that there was a Saxon settlement in both Orkney and Shetland during the fourth century AD.

This study seeks to restore the causal role of religion to its proper place in the story of Oliver Cromwell’s invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland.

Exhaustively researched yet eminently readable, this first book-length account of the historical Somerled assembles, evaluates and interprets the full spectrum of evidence.

A long-awaited re-issue of a continual classic originally published in 1881.

Amanda Beam offers an alternative perspective to the Balliols who have continuously been cast as weak and ineffectual throughout Scottish history. Beam provides an interesting insight and removes any misconceptions.

This book is a critical account of the social, economic and cultural experience of consumption and luxury of the Highlands in the eighteenth century.

This volume surveys Scotland's complex religious landscape from an ethnological perspective. Bringing together 28 contributors and ranging from the arrival of Christianity to religious diversity in the twenty-first century, it provides an authoritative commentary on the role that religion has played over the centuries in all aspects of Scottish life and society.

A commanding history of the most northern outpost of the Roman Empire.

Aberdeen is a city shaped by its geography, climate and architecture. Like the land from which it grew, it projects qualities of hard work and fortitude, firm solidity, a bold self-confidence and soaring aspiration.

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This is the first book-length analysis of the Jacobite mind and it challenges the prevailing stereotypes about the kind of man who became a Jacobite.

A new account of the galloglas warriors written from a decidedly Scottish perspective, tracing the origins of six kindreds and investigating the circumstances which brought about their relocation to Ireland.

This book offers explorations of Scottish-American cultural relations in a variety of directions and periods from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth.

A detailed study of the estates before, during and after the annexations following the defeat of the Jacobites in 1746, providing a wealth of material on the effects of government policy and actions during this period.

This book provides an insight into the nature of Jacobitism and of the Tory party, and furthers our understanding of the confused politics of these momentous years.

Anstruther: A History is written by a local author with a deep understanding of Anstruther, who conveys her enthusiasm for her subject in elegant prose and well-chosen pictures.

The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right, and also the consorts, have largely been obscured and neglected. Rosalind K. Marshall addresses this oversight with a collection of mini-biographies, illuminating the fascinatin
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This is the story of some pioneers who, during the nineteenth century, transformed the practice of surgery.

This is the story of the beginnings of Mary, Queen of Scots, a rich and vibrant epic involving many of the major figures of early modern history. Henry VIII of England, Francois I and Henri II of France bestride the canvas, but even they cannot obscure the beguiling figure of the young Mary Queen of Scots.

This book analyses the origins, development and impact of British army recruiting in the Scottish Highlands in the period from 1739 to 1815.

This book aims to increase the passion of existing collectors of commemorative mugs and beakers, and to introduce new enthusiasts to this exciting field of collecting.

This important collection of essays offers new perspectives on the development and character of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Older Scots Literature is a major set of nearly forty new studies on the literature of fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth-century Scotland.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

Volume 10 of the Compendium of Scottish Ethnology brings together a series of essays by a diverse range of authors on the themes of oral literature and performance culture. The topics covered in this volume include: narrative collection and performanc
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This study explores the history of the western seaboard of Scotland in a formative but often neglected era: the central middle ages, from the mightly Somerled to his descendant John MacDonald, the first Lord of the Isles.

'An extremely attractive book,' - Ronnie Black, The Scotsman

This collection of essays, by some of the foremost commentators in the field, is the first to tackle such topics as prophecy, astrology, witchcraft, fairy belief, amulets and charming. Other issues include the role of the supernatural in Enlightenment Scotland, in almanacs, in Gaelic society, and in literature, folktale and legend.

A fresh and modern slant on the history of an Edinburgh icon and a unique place in Scottish education.

2010 Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year

This thematic account of Scotland’s twentieth century examines the economic, social, political and cultural aspects which shaped the country during this period.

'If you like strong opinions, this is the book for you,' - Ronnie Black, The Scotsman

A unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev. Donald Gillies, containing reminiscences of his childhood on the island of Hirta. It provides a first-hand account of the living conditions, social structure and economy of the community in the early 1900s, before the evacuation of the remaining residents in 1930.

A masterful study that traces the Scots law of succession from the earliest period of recorded Scottish history to the twentieth century.

'A refreshing and reader-friendly insight into a complex and often confusing period of Scottish history that would grace the shelves of academics, students and pleasure historians alike.' - History Scotland

'This important book fills a major gap in late medieval Scottish history.' - Journal of Church History

An innovative and interdisciplinary study of lay faith in Scotland in the later Milddle Ages, examining both the religious ideas and practices of the people, and the ways in which these were shaped by images in literature, art, and church writings.

A fascinating first-hand account of the experiences of an officer of Prince Charles Edward’s army from August 1745 to the Battle of Culloden, where John Maclean was killed.

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'This biography will become a classic.' - Journal of Medical Biography

'An excellent and wide-ranging biography.' - Nursing Standard

In 1847, challenging the firmly held convictions of the medical profession of the time, James Young Simpson demonstrated for the first time that a woman could be safely relieved of the pains of difficult and traumatic labour by the administration of a general anaesthetic. He later added to his fame when he introduced a new and better anaesthetic, chloroform, which soon became the most popular general anaesthetic for use in general surgery as well as midwifery.

An intelligent and insightful look at the future of the nation-state, Robert Thomsen takes the examples of Scotland and Newfoundland to explore nationalism and nationalist movements since 1967.

Based on thirty years of research by Professor Tom Devine, this book is a collection of essays covering the great transformation of rural Scotland which broadly occurred between the 1760s and the middle decades of the nineteenth century.

A team of leading historians and critics from both Scotland and England investigate what is known of medieval warrior William Wallace's career from contemporary sources, most of which, unusually for a national hero, were created by his enemies.

'... a textbook and a very useful one, addressing a real gap in the market' - Antiquity

The Britons are the least-known among the inhabitants of early Scotland. Like the Picts and Vikings, they played an important role in the shaping of Scottish history during the first millennium AD but their story is often neglected or ignored. This book redresses the balance by studying the northern Britons from the departure of Rome to the birth of medieval Scotland.

This book is the first modern account devoted to the major Scottish noble family the Gordons of Huntly.

This multi-author volume explores a variety of topics on the broad theme of farming and the land.

James V suffered the fate of many a son of a famous father in being somewhat overshadowed not only by his father James IV but also by his internationally renowned daughter Mary Queen of Scots.