RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Association and enlightenment: Scottish clubs and societies, 1700-1830

By Mark C Wallace, Jane Rendall et al Bucknell University Press, £27.61 ASIN: B08BZWG9HB (e-book)

The essays in this volume – the first fulllength study of the subject in 50 years – examine the complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. Contributors address attitudes toward associations, their meeting-places and rituals, their links with the growth of the professions and with literary culture, and the ways in which they were structured by both class and gender.

Ready to bleed: the armies of the Scottish Covenant 1639-47

By Arran Johnston Helion & Company, £26.35

ISBN 9781912866595

Ready to Bleed charts the fortunes of the armies raised by the Scottish Covenanters as they fought across Scotland, Ireland and England in defence of their cause. From the Bishops Wars to the surrender of Charles

I, author Arran Johnston explains the motivations, leadership, and appearance of the Scottish forces as they campaigned across three theatres.

Mael Coluim III, Canmore: the world of an eleventhcentury king

By Neil McGuigan John Donald, £70 ISBN: 9781910900192

Neil McGuigan explores the wider political and cultural world in which King Mael Coluim III (r.1058-93) lived, guiding the reader through the pitfalls and possibilities offered by the sources that mediate access to that world.