Dr Catherine McMillan
@catmcm.bsky.social
Early modern historian. PhD (Edinburgh) on Reformation in NE Scotland. New projects on British humanitarianism, Mediterranean captives, & African presence. Clergy in Early Modern Scotland 📖 https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783276196/the-clergy-in-early-
On the 6th day of Christmas 1574, Aberdeen kirk session disciplined Elspet, Marione, Isabell, 4 Jonets, 3 Nans, 2 Mages, Alexander Fydleris wife, and Andrew Buk's servant for "plaing, dansin, and singin off fylthe carrolles on Yeull Day, at evin, and on Sonday, at even, thairefter."
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On the 6th day of Christmas 1574, Aberdeen kirk session disciplined Elspet, Marione, Isabell, 4 Jonets, 3 Nans, 2 Mages, Alexander Fydleris wife, and Andrew Buk's servant for "plaing, dansin, and singin off fylthe carrolles on Yeull Day, at evin, and on Sonday, at even, thairefter."
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HERIOTS AT 400: Details of our first lecture of 2026 can be found on Eventbrite. Professor MacQueen will explain the thinking behind the creation of George Heriots Trust. Tickets are available for non-members. #georgeheriot #edinburghlectures #edinburghsociety
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December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
HERIOTS AT 400: Details of our first lecture of 2026 can be found on Eventbrite. Professor MacQueen will explain the thinking behind the creation of George Heriots Trust. Tickets are available for non-members. #georgeheriot #edinburghlectures #edinburghsociety
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Can anyone point me towards a good source on early Stuart court ceremony? Specifically I'm looking for knighting rituals under Charles I. Much obliged!
December 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Can anyone point me towards a good source on early Stuart court ceremony? Specifically I'm looking for knighting rituals under Charles I. Much obliged!
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Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended https://theonion.com/unconventional-director-sets-shakespeare-play-in-time-1819569151/
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended https://theonion.com/unconventional-director-sets-shakespeare-play-in-time-1819569151/
Return of the mystery portrait! This time in Top Hat (1935).
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Return of the mystery portrait! This time in Top Hat (1935).
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On Thursday 12 Feb. we will be sponsoring a conference on THE ULSTER PLANTATION, linked to the 'People of Plantation Ulster' database project (QUB/Maynooth). This is a free event open to all, held at PRONI (11-4). Registration and programme is at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
On Thursday 12 Feb. we will be sponsoring a conference on THE ULSTER PLANTATION, linked to the 'People of Plantation Ulster' database project (QUB/Maynooth). This is a free event open to all, held at PRONI (11-4). Registration and programme is at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...
A clue for you all!
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A clue for you all!
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New Discover page I wrote looking at momentoes of the First and Second World Wars to accompany our current exhibition "Maps: Memories from the Second World War" at the National War Museum, Edinburgh www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
Souvenirs of service: Mementoes from the First and Second World Wars | National Museums Scotland
We all collect souvenirs throughout our lives connected to different people, places and events. Whether this is items from our childhood, holidays and trav
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November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New Discover page I wrote looking at momentoes of the First and Second World Wars to accompany our current exhibition "Maps: Memories from the Second World War" at the National War Museum, Edinburgh www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
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Delighted that a copy of Nathan Hood’s first monograph arrived in the post today! Nathan’s work to date on emotions in early modern Scotland has been outstanding. I am sure this is going to be great too and I can’t wait to read it.
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Delighted that a copy of Nathan Hood’s first monograph arrived in the post today! Nathan’s work to date on emotions in early modern Scotland has been outstanding. I am sure this is going to be great too and I can’t wait to read it.
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CFP for New Researchers in Maritime History Conference to be held in Southampton in April 2026 - always a great conference - share widely
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
CFP for New Researchers in Maritime History Conference to be held in Southampton in April 2026 - always a great conference - share widely
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Megalithic monuments in the Orkney Islands “may not have been intended to last millennia, but, now that they have, they are stone doors through which the living try to touch the dead,” Alex Ross writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TFPGiZ
In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended
Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Megalithic monuments in the Orkney Islands “may not have been intended to last millennia, but, now that they have, they are stone doors through which the living try to touch the dead,” Alex Ross writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TFPGiZ
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This includes: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-visual-...
Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance
Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance
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November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This includes: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-visual-...
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Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
Museums & Galleries Research Award – Society for Renaissance Studies
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November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
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Want to learn more about Scots in the British Army in North America? #HATM
Matthew P. Dziennik
Fatal Land: War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America
Nicola Martin, The British Army in Scotland and North America 1745-1775: militarisation on the fringes of the empire,
Matthew P. Dziennik
Fatal Land: War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America
Nicola Martin, The British Army in Scotland and North America 1745-1775: militarisation on the fringes of the empire,
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Want to learn more about Scots in the British Army in North America? #HATM
Matthew P. Dziennik
Fatal Land: War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America
Nicola Martin, The British Army in Scotland and North America 1745-1775: militarisation on the fringes of the empire,
Matthew P. Dziennik
Fatal Land: War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America
Nicola Martin, The British Army in Scotland and North America 1745-1775: militarisation on the fringes of the empire,
Worth a listen for this observation alone: It wasn’t their fault that centuries of unwise marital choices had led them looking like this.
This week on the podcast, we interview Andrew Graham-Dixon about Vermeer, lay into the BBC's arts coverage, and ask why royal portraits are so bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
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Waldy & Bendy | Season 5 | Episode 09: Why are royal portraits so ugly?
YouTube video by ZCZ Films
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November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Worth a listen for this observation alone: It wasn’t their fault that centuries of unwise marital choices had led them looking like this.
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This almond butter sounds delicious
(Jane Parker, Wellcome 3769, 1651)
(Jane Parker, Wellcome 3769, 1651)
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This almond butter sounds delicious
(Jane Parker, Wellcome 3769, 1651)
(Jane Parker, Wellcome 3769, 1651)
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Help please with #palaeography - what is Andro's surname? Or what word follows?
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Help please with #palaeography - what is Andro's surname? Or what word follows?
Good gravy does this ruffler have a sensational history. 1620s, English, owned by Sir Edwin Rich (b.1594) to Dame Zandra Rhodes (b.1940). Sold for 30x upper est. I'd like to know the story behind one of the holes and its corresponding blood stain! Unboxing video on auction house's insta.
Lot 538 - A fine and rare shaped linen ruffler,
Lot 538 - A fine and rare shaped linen ruffler, - Estimate 6000-10000 GBP
www.kerrytaylorauctions.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Good gravy does this ruffler have a sensational history. 1620s, English, owned by Sir Edwin Rich (b.1594) to Dame Zandra Rhodes (b.1940). Sold for 30x upper est. I'd like to know the story behind one of the holes and its corresponding blood stain! Unboxing video on auction house's insta.
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In one of our newest #OpenAccess articles,
@allankennedy.bsky.social (from @dundee.ac.uk) views petitioning in early modern Scotland as a mechanism of interaction between ruler and ruled:
'Petitioning the Justiciary Court in Restoration Scotland, 1660–88'
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@allankennedy.bsky.social (from @dundee.ac.uk) views petitioning in early modern Scotland as a mechanism of interaction between ruler and ruled:
'Petitioning the Justiciary Court in Restoration Scotland, 1660–88'
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In one of our newest #OpenAccess articles,
@allankennedy.bsky.social (from @dundee.ac.uk) views petitioning in early modern Scotland as a mechanism of interaction between ruler and ruled:
'Petitioning the Justiciary Court in Restoration Scotland, 1660–88'
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@allankennedy.bsky.social (from @dundee.ac.uk) views petitioning in early modern Scotland as a mechanism of interaction between ruler and ruled:
'Petitioning the Justiciary Court in Restoration Scotland, 1660–88'
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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CALL FOR PAPERS!
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS!
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
“No news of my book. O Publishers why are you so slow in deciding what is so obvious—that it is a good, a very good book?”—Chips Channon, 21 June 1926
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“No news of my book. O Publishers why are you so slow in deciding what is so obvious—that it is a good, a very good book?”—Chips Channon, 21 June 1926
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At least 50% of Underground stations sound like an early 17th c plot to overthrow the Stuarts.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
At least 50% of Underground stations sound like an early 17th c plot to overthrow the Stuarts.
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Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Patriots Starting To Regret Drafting 130-Pound Linebacker Based Exclusively On Strength Of Cover Letter https://theonion.com/patriots-starting-to-regret-drafting-130-pound-linebacker-based-exclusively-on-strength-of-cover-letter/
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Patriots Starting To Regret Drafting 130-Pound Linebacker Based Exclusively On Strength Of Cover Letter https://theonion.com/patriots-starting-to-regret-drafting-130-pound-linebacker-based-exclusively-on-strength-of-cover-letter/