Scottish History
Links
At Melrose Abbey; The Heart of Robert the Bruce
http://www.aboutscotland.com/melbruce.html
aboutscotland.com - Information about the discovery in 1996 of a lead container said to contain the heart of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland (1274-1329).
First Scottish Books (Chepman & Myller Prints)
http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/chepman/index.html
nls.uk - Offers access to digitised copies of the nine earliest books printed in Scotland in the early sixteenth century by Edinburgh-based merchant W. Chepman and bookseller A. Myller.
Heart Of Neolithic Orkney Publications
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/orkneyresearch
historic-scotland.gov.uk - A resource on Scottish history.
History of Scotland
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/
electricscotland.com - historical information on Scottish social and military history.
In Search of Scotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/
bbc.co.uk - based on a BBC television series that questioned the nature of Scottish national identity through an expansive and detailed historical investigation of the country.
Scottish emigration database
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/
abdn.ac.uk - The records of the passengers who embarked from Scottish ports for non-European ports between 1890 and 1960.
Scottish History in Print
http://www.nls.uk/print/index.html
nls.uk - Scottish History in Print is a searchable online guide to documents of Scottish history published by the National Library of Scotland.
Scottish textiles heritage online
http://www.scottishtextiles.org.uk/
scottishtextiles.org.uk - information relating to Scotland's textile treasures.
The Word on the Street
http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/index.html
nls.uk - From 'Accidents' to 'Weavers': how ordinary Scots found out what was happening - a collection of almost 1800 broadsides dating from 1650 to 1910 in an online exhibtion.
Walter Scott Digital Archive
http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.html
walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk - Resource designed around the Corson Collection of Walter Scott material held in Special Collections at Edinburgh University Library.