The History of Scotland

Subsection

Scottish Church History

Order of Contents

Histories 14
Multi-Volume 10

Early & Medieval 5
Reformation to Present 2

Highlands 2
Families 4
Monuments 3

One Volume Histories of Scotland

1800’s

Thomson, Thomas – The History of Scotland for the Use of Schools (1849) 435 pp. no ToC Index

“Which is the best history of Scotland?… The truth must be owned, our most attractive histories have been written either by men of no religion, or by men of a religion alien to that of Scotland. We think Mr. Thomson has succeeded to a very happy degree.” – Free Church Magazine, VI, p. 348

Stevenson, Andrew – The History of the Church & State of Scotland, to 1649 (1840) 625 pp. no ToC

1900’s

Mackenzie, James – The History of Scotland (55 BC-1870 AD) (1902) 660 pp. ToC

Mackenzie was a minister in the Free Church of Scotland.

“…we have been furnished with a complete history in a single volume, by a writer who is in thorough sympathy with all that is great, patriotic, and religious in the annals of the country, we refer to the ‘History of Scotland’ by the Rev. James Mackenzie. It is a most fascinating book, and ought to be put into the hands of every son and daughter in the land.” – John C. Johnston

Brown, Peter Hume – A Short History of Scotland (1908) 630 pp. ToC

Brown (1849–1918)

MacMillan, Donald – A Short History of the Scottish People (1911) 510 pp. ToC

Lang, Andrew – A Short History of Scotland (1912) 350 pp. ToC Romanist

Rait, Robert

History of Scotland (1914) 320 pp. ToC

Rait was a professor of Scottish History and Literature at the Univ. of Glasgow.

An Outline of Relations between England & Scotland, 500-1707 (1901) 265 pp. ToC

Terry, Charles S. – A History of Scotland from the Roman Evacuation to the Disruption, 1843 (1920) 700 pp. ToC

Terry was a professor of history at the Univ. of Aberdeen.

Halliday, James – Scotland: a Concise History (1990) at ElectricScotland

‘A masterly summary of our national story by an impeccable authority’ – The Scots Magazine

2000’s

ed. Wormald, Jenny – Scotland: A History (Oxford, 2005) 370 pp. ToC

ed. Lynch, Michael – The Oxford Companion to Scottish History (2011) 760 pp. ToC This is laid out like a dictionary.

Multi-Volume Histories of Scotland

1600’s

Balfour, James – The Historical Works: the Annals of Scotland, vol. 1 (1057-1602), 2 (1603-1640), 3 (1641-49), 4 (1650-52)

Balfour (c. 1600 – c. 1658) was a Scottish annalist and antiquary.

1800’s

Laing, Malcom – The History of Scotland from the Union of Crowns [1565] to… the Union of the Kingdoms [1707], vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 (1819)

“Laing gives another section [of Scottish history]. but he is dry and tedious.” – Free Church Magazine, VI, p. 348

Buchanan, George & James Aikman – The History of Scotland translated from the Latin, with Notes & a Continuation to the Union [1707], vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 (1827)

Buchanan (1506-1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar.

Tytler, Patrick F. – History of Scotland, vol. 1 (1149-1329), 2 (to 1370), 3 (to 1437), 4 (to 1497), 5 (to 1546), 6 (to 1565), 7 (to 1573), 8 (to 1587), 9 (to 1603), 10 (Index) (1828-1843)

“When we see Tytler in his [High Church] Puseyite history of Scotland persevering to misrepresent in the spirit of deadly hostility to the truth the characters and doings of our Presbyterian forefathers, and with mincing effrontery repeating charges against them which have been proved to be false, and which he cannot prove to be true, who can fail to see that the hosts are mustering to the battle on the old battle-field, with the same weapons and in the same spirit?” – William Hetherington

“And as to Patrick Fraser Tytler, with his State Paper Office authorities, his High Church bigotry, and his tag-rag and bob-tail slander against Knox and the Reformers, what parent possessed of true Scottish spirit would think of presenting such dish of mawkish vanity and effete Toryism before his innocent and unsuspecting offspring.” – Free Church Magazine, VI, p. 348

Taylor, James – The Pictorial History of Scotland from the Roman Invasion to the Close of the Jacobite Rebellion, vol. 1 (79-1560), 2 (1561-1746) (1859) Dedicated to John Brown of Edibnurgh. Assisted by Lindsay, Eadie and others.

Taylor (1813–1892) was a Scottish, United Secession Church minister and historical author.

“One of the fullest and best accounts we have of the res gestae [great things] of the Scottish Church and nation.” – Johnston, Treasury, p. 433

“…whose labors have done so much to elucidate our early Scottish history.” – James Moncreiff, M.P., 1859

Chambers, Robert – Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution [1748], vol. 1, 2, 3 (1863)

Burton, John Hill – History of Scotland, vol. 1 (Roman to Alex. I), 2 (to Bruce), 3 (to 1559), 4 (1560-Mary), 5 (to James VI), 6 (to 1648), 7 (1649-1695), 8 (to 1746), 9 (Index) (1873-1874)

“Dr. Burton has gone very carefully over the history of the Covenanting period, particularly the twenty-eight years which followed the Restoration, where every inch of ground has been contended for by High Churchman and Covenanter, and though not a Presbyterian himself, has decided most of the disputed points in their favor. His work is perhaps the best history of the struggle that has yet been written; it is history and commentary together.” – Johnston, Treasury, p. 434

Thomson, Thomas – A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest Times, with a Continuation to 1887, vol. 1 (to 1329), 2 (to 1542), 3 (to 1570), 4 (to 1625), 5 (to 1706), 6 (to 1887) (1895)

Thomson worked as en editor for the Free Church of Scotland.

1900’s

Lang, Andrew – History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation, vol. 1, 2 (1546+), 3 (1625+), 4 (1689-1746) 1900-1907

Lang (1844–1912) was a Romanist. See David Hay Fleming’s review of vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4.

Brown, Peter Hume – History of Scotland, vol. 1 (to 1542), 2 (to 1689), 3 (to 1843) (1908-1909)

Brown (1849–1918). See David Hay Fleming’s review on vol. 1, vol. 2.

Early & Medieval Scotland

One Volume

1800’s

Innes, Thomas – The Civil & Ecclesiastical History of Scotland (AD 80-818) (1853) 400 pp. ToC

Robertson, E. William – Scotland under her Early Kings: a History of the Kingdom until the Close of the Thirteenth Century (1862) 450 pp. ToC

Ross, J.M. – Scottish History & Literature to the Reformation (1884) 445 pp. ToC

2000’s

Barrell, A.D.M. – Medieval Scotland in Cambridge Medieval Textbooks Buy (2000) 316 pp.

Multi-Volume

Wylie, J.A. – History of the Scottish Nation, vol. 1 (Pre-historic to Early Christian), 2 (Celtic), 3 (843-1286) (1886)

Wylie was a minister in the Free Church of Scotland.

Reformation to the Present

ed. Divine & Wormald – The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History (2014) 720 pp. ToC This covers 1500 – 2010.

ed. MacKenzie & Divine – Scotland & the British Empire in Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series Buy (2016) 340 pp. This covers from the 1700’s to the 1900’s.

The History of the Highlands

1800’s

Keltie, John S. – History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans & Scottish Regiments, 8 vols. (1870’s)

Website

Social History of the Highlands at ElectricScotland.com

History of the Families of Scotland

1800’s

Anderson, William – The Scottish Nation, or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours & Biographical History of the People of Scotland, 3 vols. (1863) Laid out in alphabetical order

Taylor, James – The Great, Historic Families of Scotland, vol. 1, 2 (1889)

Taylor (1813–1892) was a Scottish, United Secession Church minister and historical author.

1900’s

Stuart, Margaret – Scottish Family History: Guide to Works of Reference on the History & Genealogy of Scottish Families (1930; Genealogical Publishing, 1979) 395 pp. ToC