Scottish History

I’m a historian of sixteenth and very early seventeenth century Scotland, and mostly the reigns of Mary and James VI. Here are some summaries of my major projects.

The Keiths
Castles
James VI
Post-Reformation Churches
Intellectual Culture

Other Scottish Work

Christina MacDonald MacQueen and St Kilda

On the theme of early modern Scottish history, I contributed a chapter, and helped edit the front and back matter of:

This broadly charts the contours of Lowland society and the steady transition of what would be called ‘clanship’ in a Highland context. Some of the themes from this were picked up in my interview in 2023 for the On the Dogwatch Podcast.

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