Scotland Connected

About the Book: 

Scotland seems at a crossroads once more. It was ever so. Throughout its history, the peoples of the lands that are now called Scotland have been confronted by decisions over which set of connections to choose.

Scotland’s history was not always one with British history, and is set perhaps to become more separate again. Scotland was at one stage an important player within Europe and also within what was the British Empire. However, the understanding of Scottish history has for centuries been obscured by the dominance of English or ‘British’ history.

Drawing on her years of experience in teaching history students who are bewildered by the daunting task of tying Scottish dates and events into what they know of the wider world, Anna Groundwater has developed a comparative timeline which acts as an accessible point of reference.

Standard textbooks can explain specific events, but students repeatedly complain about becoming bogged down in excessively detailed reading. Scotland Connected is a user-friendly and thought-provoking guide to the key events in Scottish, British and world history, readily demonstrating the connections between the three.

About the Author:

DR ANNA GROUNDWATER is a cultural and social historian of early modern Scotland and Britain at the University of Edinburgh. She publishes widely on Scottish and British history, Anglo-Scottish relations, and James VI and I, with several articles in History Scotland magazine. Her books include one on the Scottish Borders at the Union of the Crowns, another on Ben Jonson’s walk to Scotland in 1618, and most recently contributing to one on Mary Queen of Scots. She consults for historical television and radio programmes, and has appeared on Scotland’s Clans, and In Our Time.