Russell Newton
@drrussellnewton.bsky.social
Historian of Christianity (esp. early modern Scottish Protestantism) | Co-editor 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (EUP) | Co-editor 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 (Boydell, 2021)
Scottish Church History 54.2 is now out (@scotchurchhist.bsky.social)!
Always a joy to work with Scott, our contributors, and the team at @edinburghup.bsky.social on another great issue of the journal.
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/2
Always a joy to work with Scott, our contributors, and the team at @edinburghup.bsky.social on another great issue of the journal.
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/2
Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - sch: Vol 54, No 2
www.euppublishing.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Scottish Church History 54.2 is now out (@scotchurchhist.bsky.social)!
Always a joy to work with Scott, our contributors, and the team at @edinburghup.bsky.social on another great issue of the journal.
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/2
Always a joy to work with Scott, our contributors, and the team at @edinburghup.bsky.social on another great issue of the journal.
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/2
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There's still time to submit a paper proposal for our autumn conference on the theme of 'Church and Society'. For more information and to book tickets - www.eventbrite.com/e/schs-autum... #scothist #churchhist
SCHS Autumn Conference - The Church and Society
Join us at the SCHS Autumn Conference to explore the historic role of the church in society in Scotland.
www.eventbrite.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
There's still time to submit a paper proposal for our autumn conference on the theme of 'Church and Society'. For more information and to book tickets - www.eventbrite.com/e/schs-autum... #scothist #churchhist
Boydell Sale including "The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland" for 60% off! boydellandbrewer.com/978178327619...
April 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Boydell Sale including "The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland" for 60% off! boydellandbrewer.com/978178327619...
Great to see my copy of the latest edition of Scottish Church History drop through the letterbox today!
April 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Great to see my copy of the latest edition of Scottish Church History drop through the letterbox today!
A few years ago, I wrote an article for The Seventeenth Century on typology in early modern Scotland focused on one of the most popular biblical types called “Wielding the Brazen Serpent: The Variety and Power of Biblical Typology in Early Modern Scotland” 👇
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April 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A few years ago, I wrote an article for The Seventeenth Century on typology in early modern Scotland focused on one of the most popular biblical types called “Wielding the Brazen Serpent: The Variety and Power of Biblical Typology in Early Modern Scotland” 👇
t.co/dcMP7Utqej
t.co/dcMP7Utqej
So pleased to see that there’s going to be an In Our Time episode on Biblical Typology. I wrote my PhD on typological exegesis in early modern Scotland and I’m convinced that this is a vital strand of Reformed Protestantism that’s often ignored/misunderstood
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Typology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss biblical typology.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So pleased to see that there’s going to be an In Our Time episode on Biblical Typology. I wrote my PhD on typological exegesis in early modern Scotland and I’m convinced that this is a vital strand of Reformed Protestantism that’s often ignored/misunderstood
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Featuring a wee something by me 😊 very pleased to see this in print and for it to be free to read!!
The latest issue of 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 (@edinburghup.bsky.social) is now online!
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/1
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/1
Scottish Church History: Vol 54, No 1
www.euppublishing.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Featuring a wee something by me 😊 very pleased to see this in print and for it to be free to read!!
The latest issue of 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 (@edinburghup.bsky.social) is now online!
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/1
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/1
Scottish Church History: Vol 54, No 1
www.euppublishing.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The latest issue of 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 (@edinburghup.bsky.social) is now online!
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/1
www.euppublishing.com/toc/sch/54/1
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A coup you say? 🔥💥
My new article with
@historicaljnl.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
on John Owen, Puritan Politics, and the Fall of the Cromwellian Protectorate - bit.ly/3Xc5tae
My new article with
@historicaljnl.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
on John Owen, Puritan Politics, and the Fall of the Cromwellian Protectorate - bit.ly/3Xc5tae
February 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A coup you say? 🔥💥
My new article with
@historicaljnl.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
on John Owen, Puritan Politics, and the Fall of the Cromwellian Protectorate - bit.ly/3Xc5tae
My new article with
@historicaljnl.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
on John Owen, Puritan Politics, and the Fall of the Cromwellian Protectorate - bit.ly/3Xc5tae
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❗Deadline tomorrow, Fri 21 Feb❗
If you would like to give a paper at REMRA's 1st multidisciplinary conference (11-13 June 2025), don't forget to send your provisional title & short abstract to remra@uhi.ac.uk by tomorrow, Fri 21 February!
bit.ly/4arhSwx. See original post ⬇️
@thinkuhi.bsky.social
If you would like to give a paper at REMRA's 1st multidisciplinary conference (11-13 June 2025), don't forget to send your provisional title & short abstract to remra@uhi.ac.uk by tomorrow, Fri 21 February!
bit.ly/4arhSwx. See original post ⬇️
@thinkuhi.bsky.social
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
❗Deadline tomorrow, Fri 21 Feb❗
If you would like to give a paper at REMRA's 1st multidisciplinary conference (11-13 June 2025), don't forget to send your provisional title & short abstract to remra@uhi.ac.uk by tomorrow, Fri 21 February!
bit.ly/4arhSwx. See original post ⬇️
@thinkuhi.bsky.social
If you would like to give a paper at REMRA's 1st multidisciplinary conference (11-13 June 2025), don't forget to send your provisional title & short abstract to remra@uhi.ac.uk by tomorrow, Fri 21 February!
bit.ly/4arhSwx. See original post ⬇️
@thinkuhi.bsky.social
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CfP: This June @thinkuhi.bsky.social will be hosting the first REMRA online conference: Northern Narratives: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Early Modern
Period in the North Atlantic and Baltic.
Register your interest by 21 Feb.
Period in the North Atlantic and Baltic.
Register your interest by 21 Feb.
January 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
CfP: This June @thinkuhi.bsky.social will be hosting the first REMRA online conference: Northern Narratives: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Early Modern
Period in the North Atlantic and Baltic.
Register your interest by 21 Feb.
Period in the North Atlantic and Baltic.
Register your interest by 21 Feb.
When your doctoral examiners’ newish books are both on sale, how can you resist?!
January 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
When your doctoral examiners’ newish books are both on sale, how can you resist?!
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More talk this week on AI vs human indexing. The book ‘INDEX, A History of the’ by @djbduncan.bsky.social has two indexes – a computer-generated one by automated software, and an index created by a human indexer (me). They are really not the same.
(See also @indexers.bsky.social and #IndexSky.)
(See also @indexers.bsky.social and #IndexSky.)
![A sample of the first page of the human indexer's index from Dennis Duncan’s INDEX book, set in two columns.
Index
Note to the gentle Reader: Page numbers in italic indicate figures. Page numbers in the form 273n1 indicate endnotes. Entries are sorted in letter-by-letter order, except where noted. This index was created by Paula Clarke Bain, who is a professional indexer and a human being. [PCB]
A, a, a 77,78,79
abbreviations 38, 40, 72, 78, 79, 242
ABC Murders, The (Christie) 39
abecedaria 28, 29, 35
Abish, Walter, Alphabetical Africa 39
abstracting 4, 245, 248
accuracy 15, 64, 98, 100, 178, 252
acrostics 29, 30, 147, 311
active indexes 254
Addison, Joseph 30, 156–7, 159, 174, 186
loathes acrostics 30
portrait 154
Remarks on Several Parts of Italy 156–7
Spectator indexes 173–7
addresses to reader see introductory notes
‘Adventures of a Quire of Paper’ 171–2, 174
advertisements 42, 101, 176, 183, 186, 214, 249
Aeneid (Virgil) 39, 242, 243
Aesop's Fables 144, 146
agencies, indexing 260, 296–7n22
Age of Distraction 9, 251
Age of Enlightenment 170
Age of Industry 205-6
Age of Search 51, 233, 251 see also search
Agoa, Helen S. 243
AI (Artificial Intelligence) 2, 254
aide-mémoire 66, 126
Aitken, Jonathan, goes to jail 137
Akraiphia stones 36
Aldus Manutius, Dictionarium graecum 110
Alexander of Ashby, De artificioso modo predicandi 49
Alexander the Great 30, 93
Alexandria see Library of Alexandria
algorithms 100, 233, 251, 258
Alice stories (Carroll) 177–8, 180, 181
alphabet
Cyrillic 45–6
Greek 29, 36, 71, 89
Hebrew 29
history of alphabets 28–30
Latin 29](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gzwmosuuqyrfklzlp75d55ur/bafkreid5z5vuy7hshmszd54xlxffju2lxlbasjncg7vd5zhpjlpi6s4sja@jpeg)
January 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
More talk this week on AI vs human indexing. The book ‘INDEX, A History of the’ by @djbduncan.bsky.social has two indexes – a computer-generated one by automated software, and an index created by a human indexer (me). They are really not the same.
(See also @indexers.bsky.social and #IndexSky.)
(See also @indexers.bsky.social and #IndexSky.)
Great history book haul this Christmas — the main challenge is deciding what to read first!
December 27, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Great history book haul this Christmas — the main challenge is deciding what to read first!
Well, look at what just dropped through the letterbox 👀 Excited to get hold of a copy Sal Cipriano’s ‘The Universities of Scotland, Ireland, and New England during the British Civil Wars: Contested Seminaries’
December 19, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Well, look at what just dropped through the letterbox 👀 Excited to get hold of a copy Sal Cipriano’s ‘The Universities of Scotland, Ireland, and New England during the British Civil Wars: Contested Seminaries’
Tomorrow is the last day of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social's 60% sale, which includes The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland. Use the code BB060 boydellandbrewer.com/978178327619...
The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland - Boydell and Brewer
A nuanced approach to the role played by clerics at a turbulent time for religious affairs.From the early percolation of Protestant thought in the sixteenth ...
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November 29, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Tomorrow is the last day of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social's 60% sale, which includes The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland. Use the code BB060 boydellandbrewer.com/978178327619...
Good to be in the beautiful (and frosty) Highlands today!
November 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Good to be in the beautiful (and frosty) Highlands today!
Grateful to finally get a copy of @kmschultz24.bsky.social’s book today!
November 23, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Grateful to finally get a copy of @kmschultz24.bsky.social’s book today!
Chris is doing some fantastic work on the mid-seventeenth century General Assemblies & gave a beautifully textured paper today at the Scottish Church History conference about the experiential realities of being a general assembly commissioner. This will be a valuable resource as it develops 👇
I've started a little open access dataset to help trace all the people who attended the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland between 1638 and 1654:
generalassemblies.wikibase.cloud
The idea is to grow this resource over time, add visualisations, write some guides on how it was built, &c
generalassemblies.wikibase.cloud
The idea is to grow this resource over time, add visualisations, write some guides on how it was built, &c
November 23, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Chris is doing some fantastic work on the mid-seventeenth century General Assemblies & gave a beautifully textured paper today at the Scottish Church History conference about the experiential realities of being a general assembly commissioner. This will be a valuable resource as it develops 👇
Reposted by Russell Newton
I've started a little open access dataset to help trace all the people who attended the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland between 1638 and 1654:
generalassemblies.wikibase.cloud
The idea is to grow this resource over time, add visualisations, write some guides on how it was built, &c
generalassemblies.wikibase.cloud
The idea is to grow this resource over time, add visualisations, write some guides on how it was built, &c
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I've started a little open access dataset to help trace all the people who attended the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland between 1638 and 1654:
generalassemblies.wikibase.cloud
The idea is to grow this resource over time, add visualisations, write some guides on how it was built, &c
generalassemblies.wikibase.cloud
The idea is to grow this resource over time, add visualisations, write some guides on how it was built, &c
Snowy day for the Autumn 2024 Scottish Church History Society conference
November 23, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Snowy day for the Autumn 2024 Scottish Church History Society conference
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Lots of Early Modern gems here. And have a free read of my article on Catholic recusant women! www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
November 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Lots of Early Modern gems here. And have a free read of my article on Catholic recusant women! www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Russell Newton
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November 10, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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All of the Scottish Church History issues on the EUP are currently free to access until the end of December! There's some great articles here that are well worth your time. Happy reading! www.euppublishing.com/loi/sch
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
All of the Scottish Church History issues on the EUP are currently free to access until the end of December! There's some great articles here that are well worth your time. Happy reading! www.euppublishing.com/loi/sch