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Andrew Breeze

Whithorn’s Renown in the Early Medieval Period: Whithorn, ‘Futerna’ and ‘Magnum Monasterium’, by Fiona Edmonds and St. Ninian and the Earliest Christianity in Scotland: Papers from the Conference held by the Friends of the Whithorn Trust in Whithorn on Se

Review

TDGNHAS Series III, 84 (2010), 164(3.44 MB)

S. Dunlop

Who were the Philistines? [Summary only]

Ethnography, Archaeology (General)

TDGNHAS Series III, 4 (1915-16), 35(WARNING large file size: 5.51 MB)

Abstract

In this lecture, which was not intended by its author for publication in the Transactions, the latest theories of the origin of the Philistines were described. The Philistines were regarded as foreigners by the Hebrews and other Semitic races. They came f

Gary D. Hutchinson

Wigtown Burghs, 1832–1868: A Rotten Burgh District?

Recent, History, Government

TDGNHAS Series III, 91 (2017), 93(4.71 MB)

Abstract

The existence of corrupt ‘rotten boroughs’ in England is a well-documented phenomenon before the ‘Great’ Reform Act of 1832. Similarly, many Scottish constituencies possessed characteristics which made them particularly closed, even by the limited standards of the pre-Reform political system. The Wigtown District of Burghs, (hereafter the Wigtown Burghs), which was almost entirely controlled by a number of prominent local families, was one of these. By using its politics after 1832 as a case-study, it is possible to question how far the Scottish Reform Act went in creating a more open and democratic political culture. Moreover, it raises the possibility that the political culture of non-contiguous Burgh Districts, which were unique to Scotland and Wales, possessed characteristics which set them apart from other types of constituency.
 

M. Bratley

Wild Fowl and Wild Fowling [Summary only]

Ornithology, Agriculture

TDGNHAS Series III, 22 (1938-40), 25(WARNING very large file size: 54.53 MB)

Abstract

This meeting was held in the hall of the High School. It was illustrated by Mr Bratley's own colour films showing the different variation of the birds, with particular reference to their plumage and physical characteristics. The lecturer ended with a film