ScotsWeForgot

Relive the compelling story of Scotland's Forgotten History. Discover its relevance today through this series of popular video shorts.

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Watch this series of videos and learn about this conveniently ignored chapter of history.
*YouTube https://t.co/fd08kPIjQb
*Vimeo https://t.co/gIrrMipswe

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Why did William Reid promise to give himself up to the authorities as a wanted field preacher? And why did he once preach in church with a loaded pistol hung around his neck? There are other stories of narrow escape in this episode. https://t.co/2HW2MQXpoT

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Some were shot, one lady and her child died when she was imprisoned. People suffered a lot for attending the preaching of Alexander Pitcairn. For many years he continued to minister near Perth without compromise or capture. We find out how. https://t.co/3dZNnFIlC7

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8 Mar 1661: Samuel Rutherford #Scots presbyterian theologian makes his will #otd He died on 29 Mar 1661
(University of St Andrews )

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Lady Culross, Elizabeth Melville whose letters to John Livingstone and others are also very memorable.

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We explore the story behind a secret burial at dead of night. Only 30 years old the brief life of the field preacher John Welwood is worth remembering and some of his dying words retain a unique power. He also left a deep influence on Richard Cameron. https://t.co/q8H6WRzkVn

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PODCAST | The Journey of the Covenant Pt3. It’s the 28th of February, and the National Covenant is making its way up the hill to Greyfriars Kirk. Join us from a very noisy Candlemaker Row. Search Apple or Google Podcast or listen here https://t.co/I2nKLTsJ7S

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Wrestling an armed kidnapper and going on the run as an outlawed preacher: the personal history of James Kirkton is certainly dramatic. But he was more interested in writing an arresting narrative of the momentous national events through which he lived. https://t.co/yOt9awci2u

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We love visiting castles, and with over 2000 of them at least, we are spoilt for choice here in Scotland.
It's difficult to narrow them down, but here are 10 of our favourite castles we visit on our tours.
#Scotland #Castles #GuidedTours

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How did hissing pupils lead their teacher to discover Reformation teaching? And how did the number 7 feature in the life and ministry of Archibald Simson of Dalkeith? We explore his imprisonment and attempted murder and other incidents in this episode.
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We discover how and why the international covenant made an international journey from the village of Ormiston. Also what abiding significance did the covenant have after it was publicly burned by the authorities? Listen here https://t.co/2RLDg7oC0X

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@ToursScottish Video about Mackail https://t.co/uA2sJWVM9W

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The Rev Hugh MacKail spoke these words on the 21st December 1666, in the Tollbooth of Edinburgh, to comfort himself and his fellow Covenanter prisoners the night before his execution.

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The Covenanter's Baptism, 1831 #harvey #romanticism

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#OTD Leading Covenanter and youngest member of the Westminster Assembly of divines, George Gillespie, died. He was only 35 but such was his impact that the famous Samuel Rutherford said "he had done more work for his Master than many a hundred grey-headed and godly ministers."

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The renewing of the Solemn League and Covenant at Aberlady, East Lothian in 1648 gives us the opportunity to consider the international covenant further. What was it that made it particularly solemn? https://t.co/mUZCM78ctd

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More than 370 years ago two men were in deep conversation as they walked on the Necropolis in Glasgow. The publication that they planned together also had a close connection with the final moments on the scaffold for some Covenanters.  https://t.co/i1Lm8UTqRh

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@DrRussellNewton Thanks!

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Most of the alleyways leading off Edinburgh's Royal Mile are called “closes”. They all have their own names. One of them is called Covenant Close and as you might have guessed there is a story behind this. Listen here https://t.co/2x84tdcDMc

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Here is the Lothian burial ground...

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You would never realise that this neglected spot within the grounds of Newbattle Abbey witnessed such significant events. Our story weaves around Robert Leighton and the leading Covenanting noble the Earl of Lothian and some famous Covenanters. https://t.co/ALmuLwygjW