My name's Jenny, I'm in my mid-thirties, from Glasgow and I'm your friendly local (as everything online has become) Scottish historian. I began Random Scottish History at the start of 2014 by publishing surprising information I was coming across in my readings of pre-1900 publications. This developed, almost 3 years ago, into a website from which I would publish entire public-domain publications for the benefit of those who may be interested (RSH.scot). My aim is to combat the dearth of knowledge Scots have of their own country's history. For those books without illustrations we have an exceptional portrait artist, Alex (https://www.deviantart.com/phooney/gallery), on staff to help illustrate events and some of the better-known participants.
My aim is to combat the dearth of knowledge Scots have of their own country's history. Being taught history in school with a British bias means we all know about Henry VIII and his wives, but how many know who was on the Scottish throne at the same time? We all know about Elizabeth's defeat of the Spanish Armada, yet how many know the Spanish asked Scotland to aid them? The fire of London in 1666 was apparently something we should know yet were any of us let in on Edinburgh's more recent fire of 1824? The goal is to upload as much of my collection of pre-1900 publications as quickly as possible so the information's there and searchable, complete with all illustrations, for whoever's interested.
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