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Welcome to the datasite for The General Assembly and Religious Politics in Scotland, 1638-1660.

This page brings together information relating to the annual meetings of the General Assemblies that took place in Scotland in the middle of the seventeenth century.

In particular and as far as is practical with the extant evidence, the website attempts to trace the people who attended the Assemblies.

The dataset will continue to grow in the coming months.

This page was created and is maintained by Chris R. Langley.

Project progress?

To see more about my progress, check out these visualisations:

Total clergy in the dataset - press the play button on the left hand side to show the latest update

Who is in the dataset?

Who attended the 1638 General Assembly?

Who attended the 1639 General Assembly?

Visualisations

As the project progresses, there will be greater opportunity to create maps and other visualisations of the dataset. To see some work-in-progress, click here.

What if I want to make something similar?

For tutorials and ways to get started, please visit the list of tutorials by clicking here. This list will be updated as the project progresses.