These are simply some notes from reading I have done. Many of these more or less relevant to the living history events that I participated in with Clann Tartan for several years. The topics are those mostly pre-Culloden Scotland, the Thirty Years War, and the British Civil Wars. I have attempted to provide clear references for those who wish to follow up on these comments. No attempt is made at completeness.

Some of my blog posts on those and other topics

British Islands and Ireland.

• The golden age of Gaelic Scotland. Also listed under Medieval and Renaissance History. There is some disagreement about exactly what period of Highland History should be considered the “Golden Age.”
• A quick look at the end of Gaelic Ireland
• Warfare in mid 17th Century Ireland
• Lord Mungo’s Irish Counterpart
• Scottish Mercenaries of the 16th Century
• Scottish Mercenaries of the 17th century
• A note on deCamp’s Lest Darkness Fall
• Sir Francis Walsingham
• Newton and the Counterfeiter

I made the news: Annual Celtic Festival draws crowds in Moorhead

Other places.

• Columbus and the Flat Earth. Also included under Medieval and Renaissance History.
• Galley Slaves of the 17th Century
• Western Martial Arts. Notes from a panel at a science fiction convention.
• Catherine the Great