Darren S. Layne
The thrust of my doctoral studies measured and reinterpreted the constituency of the late Jacobite movement during the Rising of 1745-6. Building and utilizing a prosopographic database (JDB1745) to compile and document as many names as can be connected with the final rising, a systematic analysis of the data was undertaken to present a fresh social history of those who participated in Jacobite-related activity during the Forty-five. Taken directly from the database, my final thesis was a snapshot of over 15,000 entries collated to explore motivation, demographics, recruitment, and the consequences of involvement in that insurgency.
My continuing research extends the database into its next stage, which includes three independent sub-projects: one, further transcription and analysis of primary sources to find new evidence of Jacobite-connected persona; two, creation of a public beta with a newly-coded architecture that allows controlled external participation; and three, assembling a multidisciplinary team of scholars interested in engaging with data curation and contributing to the database using their respective areas of expertise. Interested parties are very welcome to get in touch.
In addition to JDB1745, I am currently working on several other connected resources for the Digital Humanities, including a programme of licensing out primary source material for inclusion within an electronic research portal and also the establishment of a Virtual Research Environment for historical and genealogical study related to Jacobitism and anti-Jacobitism.
My continuing research extends the database into its next stage, which includes three independent sub-projects: one, further transcription and analysis of primary sources to find new evidence of Jacobite-connected persona; two, creation of a public beta with a newly-coded architecture that allows controlled external participation; and three, assembling a multidisciplinary team of scholars interested in engaging with data curation and contributing to the database using their respective areas of expertise. Interested parties are very welcome to get in touch.
In addition to JDB1745, I am currently working on several other connected resources for the Digital Humanities, including a programme of licensing out primary source material for inclusion within an electronic research portal and also the establishment of a Virtual Research Environment for historical and genealogical study related to Jacobitism and anti-Jacobitism.
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Based upon an extensive and comparative survey of archival collections in Scotland and England, this study explores the British state’s use of ‘material evidences’ in prosecuting the last Jacobite rising. In addition to addressing how witnesses were selected, implemented, and remunerated, we will take a closer look at the way in which jurisdictional policies were generated based upon both legislative precedent and the polity’s immediate needs. Through this, we can successfully describe how information networks were established and leveraged against the thousands of imprisoned Jacobites who clogged the British penal system during and after the rising. While much has been written regarding the prisoners themselves, this study presents a look at how and why they were either brought to justice or offered clemency, a precarious and crucial verdict largely based upon the testimonies of their fellow subjects.
Currently in the second year of a PhD programme at the University of St Andrews, this paper is an introduction to a new codification of the Jacobite record. Utilising a modern and acutely-designed online database to compile and document the constituency of the Jacobite movement during the rising of 1745-6, the goal of this project is to create an effective collaborative research tool for all scholars of the period. The creation and maintenance of this database is the centrepiece of this doctoral research project, which will yield a large number of cultural, social, religious, political, economic, and military topics about Jacobite constituency. Designed specifically for the purpose of scholarly examination and prosopographic analysis of a large number of biographic entries, and drawing from a wide variety of sources, JDB1745 will eventually house every name that can be associated with Jacobitism in the years 1740-1759. In effect, this database hopes to offer its users an accurate biographical, social, and cultural atlas of the ‘Forty-five.
This brief introduction will include a survey of resources, methodology, and application, and will be accompanied by a visual presentation of a working sample dataset as well as a cursory explanation of the implemented technology and how the project fits in with the burgeoning field of Digital Humanities.
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Based upon an extensive and comparative survey of archival collections in Scotland and England, this study explores the British state’s use of ‘material evidences’ in prosecuting the last Jacobite rising. In addition to addressing how witnesses were selected, implemented, and remunerated, we will take a closer look at the way in which jurisdictional policies were generated based upon both legislative precedent and the polity’s immediate needs. Through this, we can successfully describe how information networks were established and leveraged against the thousands of imprisoned Jacobites who clogged the British penal system during and after the rising. While much has been written regarding the prisoners themselves, this study presents a look at how and why they were either brought to justice or offered clemency, a precarious and crucial verdict largely based upon the testimonies of their fellow subjects.
Currently in the second year of a PhD programme at the University of St Andrews, this paper is an introduction to a new codification of the Jacobite record. Utilising a modern and acutely-designed online database to compile and document the constituency of the Jacobite movement during the rising of 1745-6, the goal of this project is to create an effective collaborative research tool for all scholars of the period. The creation and maintenance of this database is the centrepiece of this doctoral research project, which will yield a large number of cultural, social, religious, political, economic, and military topics about Jacobite constituency. Designed specifically for the purpose of scholarly examination and prosopographic analysis of a large number of biographic entries, and drawing from a wide variety of sources, JDB1745 will eventually house every name that can be associated with Jacobitism in the years 1740-1759. In effect, this database hopes to offer its users an accurate biographical, social, and cultural atlas of the ‘Forty-five.
This brief introduction will include a survey of resources, methodology, and application, and will be accompanied by a visual presentation of a working sample dataset as well as a cursory explanation of the implemented technology and how the project fits in with the burgeoning field of Digital Humanities.
This brief introduction will include a survey of resources, methodology, and application, and will be accompanied by a visual presentation of a working sample dataset as well as a cursory explanation of the implemented technology and how the project fits in with the burgeoning field of Digital Humanities. "
The Jacobite struggle has often been dismissed as a dynastic spat that culminated in Bonnie Prince Charlie's tragic defeat at Culloden in 1745. But rather than a Scottish story, Dr Clare Jackson reveals the Jacobite campaign took place on a European stage and inspired a nexus of international intrigue and covert plots. In this second episode, Dr Clare Jackson reveals why so many law-abiding Scots and English were prepared to support the catholic Stuarts and how the new protestant Hanoverian regime hung by a thread, as George I and II struggled to impose their authority on frequently hostile and anti-European subjects.
Evernote is a surprisingly robust note taking tool, which we learn how to use under the guidance of guest expert Darren Layne.
In this fun discussions, they discuss:
• What Evernote is and how to use it
• How to use it for the first time when you feel intimidated
• Different possibilities for how to organize Evernote
• Additional plug-ins to use with Evernote
• Additional free research resources, including Zotero, WorldCat, and Archive.org.